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Oromo (/ ˈ ɒr əm oʊ / [5] or / ɔː ˈ r oʊ m oʊ /; [6] [7] Oromo: Afaan Oromoo), historically also called Galla [8] (a name regarded as pejorative by the Oromo), [9] is an Afroasiatic language that belongs to the Cushitic branch.
The Oromo people (pron. / ˈ ɒr əm oʊ / ORR-əm-oh [11] Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. [12] They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [12] They are one of the largest ethnic ...
Google Translate is a web-based free-to-use translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [11] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation (SMT) service. [11] The input text had to be translated into English first ...
Writing system. Latin. Language codes. ISO 639-3. gax. Glottolog. bora1271. Southern Oromo, or Borana (after one of its dialects), is a variety of Oromo spoken in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya by the Borana people. Günther Schlee also notes that it is the native language of a number of related peoples, such as the Sakuye.
Tones on long vowels are marked on the first vowel symbol. In Oromo, the tone-bearing unit is the mora rather than the vowel of the syllable. A long vowel or a diphthong consists of two morae and can bear two tones. Each mora is defined as being of high or low tone. Only one high tone occurs per word and this must be on the final or penultimate ...
According to Glottolog, there are 109 languages spoken in Ethiopia, while Ethnologue lists 90 individual languages spoken in the country. [ 2][ 3] Most people in the country speak Afroasiatic languages of the Cushitic or Semitic branches. The former includes the Oromo language, spoken by the Oromo, and Somali, spoken by the Somalis; the latter ...
Waaqeffanna is religion indigenous to the Oromo people in the Horn of Africa. [1] The word Waaqeffanna is derived from Waaq which is the ancient name for the Creator in the Cushitic languages of both the Oromo people and Somali people in the Horn of Africa. [2] [3] [4] The followers of the Waaqeffanna religion are called Waaqeffataa and they ...
The Oromoid languages are a branch of Lowland East Cushitic languages that includes the most populous Cushitic language, Oromo, and the closely related Konsoid dialect cluster. Oromo. Oromo, Eastern Oromo, Borana, Orma, Waata. Konsoid (Konso–Gidole) Konso, Dirasha (Gidole), Bussa (Mossiya), Mashile, Turo, Gato.