Oromo is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch, primarily spoken by the Oromo people, native to the Ethiopian state of Oromia and northern Kenya. It is used as a lingua franca in Oromia and northeastern Kenya.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2019-2024 estimate, native speakers, all countries combined; the infobox gives this as the inclusive code orm figure, which also covers several individual dialect codes. StatusWikipedia article on Oromo: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Classification
Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Oromo Language
Source Wikipedia: Oromo Language
Written In
Oromo is standardly written in the Latin alphabet (Qubee).
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Source Wikipedia: OromoLead sentence 3tier 3Quote, Lead sentence 3
They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
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1. Wikipedia: Oromo Language
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Oromo is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch, primarily spoken by the Oromo people, native to the Ethiopian state of Oromia and northern Kenya. It is used as a lingua franca in Oromia and northeastern Kenya. It is officially written in the Latin script, although traditional scripts are also informally used.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
45.5 million (all countries) (2019-2024)
Infobox, Region
Oromia
Lead section, official status
Oromo serves as one of the official working languages of Ethiopia
In Family: Cushitic, Infobox, Language family
Cushitic
In Family: Oromoid languages, Infobox: fam5
Oromoid
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