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    Sudan. Oromo is the most widely spoken Cushitic language and among the five languages of Africa with the largest mother-tongue populations. Oromo serves...
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    Kenya. They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are one...
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    The Oromo conflict or Oromia conflict is a protracted conflict between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian government. The Oromo Liberation...
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    Eastern Oromo is a dialect of the Oromo language widely spoken in the East Hararghe Zone, West Hararghe Zone and northern Bale Zone of the Oromia Region...
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    Oromo is one of the many Oromo languages spoken amongst Ethiopians and Kenyans. Boraana Oromo (Southern Oromo) derives from the Afrosiatic language family...
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    The Oromo Liberation Front (Oromo: Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo, abbreviated: ABO; English abbreviation: OLF) is an Oromo nationalist political party formed...
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    country speak Afroasiatic languages of the Cushitic or Semitic branches. The former includes the Oromo language, spoken by the Oromo, and Somali, spoken by...
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  • Oromo may refer to: Oromo people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia and Kenya Oromo language, an Afroasiatic language All pages with titles containing Oromo...
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    Oromia (redirect from Oromo Region)
    Oromia (Oromo: Oromiyaa, Amharic: ኦሮሚያ) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of Ethiopian Constitution...
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    The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA; Oromo: Waraana Bilisummaa Oromoo, WBO) is an armed opposition group active in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. The OLA consists...
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    Hausa language with over 58 million in West Africa, the Cushitic Oromo language with 45 million native speakers, the Semitic Amharic language with 35...
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    Boorana (redirect from Borena Oromo)
    specifically Marsabit County. They speak a distinct dialect of the Oromo language by the same name, Boorana. The Boorana people are notable for practicing...
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    The Oromo Democratic Party (Oromo: Paartii Demokraatawaa Oromoo, ODP), formerly known as the Oromo People's Democratic Organization, was a political party...
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    This is a list of notable Oromo people. Ali Birra – Artist Baalu Girma – Artist Bakri Sapalo – Historian and Artist Boonaa Mohammed – Poetry Elias Melka...
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  • which Gibson was wearing a headscarf and speaking partially in the Oromo language (referring to herself as "Sabontu"), discussing the political situation...
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  • and Omotic roots in their respective proto-languages. PAA *tk (Hans Mukarovsky): Proto-Chadic *t-k-n, Oromo (Eastern Cushitic) tokko, Kafa (North Omotic)...
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    Oromia Media Network (category CS1 Oromo-language sources (om))
    The Oromia Media Network (OMN) is an Oromo news channel headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.. OMN is established as a non-profit independent...
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    Ethiopia (category Articles containing Oromo-language text)
    country speak Afroasiatic languages of the Cushitic or Semitic branches. The former includes the Oromo language, spoken by the Oromo, and Somali, spoken by...
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    List of tallest people (category CS1 Oromo-language sources (om))
    meetira 2.25 dheeratu Nagawoo Jimaan walbaraa". BBC News Afaan Oromoo (in Oromo). Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. "Ten nejvyšší. Ivo z Rychtářova...
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    Yejju (redirect from Yejju Oromo)
    are a sub-clan of the Barento branch of Oromo people. They are one of the northernmost communities of Oromo people residing in Ethiopia, along with the...
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  • Orma is a variety of the Oromo language spoken by the Orma people in Kenya. It is a dialect of Southern Oromo. Orma at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Hoskins...
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    northern Ethiopia. The Wollo Oromo speak an Oromo dialect. However, linguistic descriptions of the Wollo and nearby Raya Oromo areas are still lacking. According...
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  • Zay (Oromo: Lak'i, Laqi) is an Afroasiatic language of the Semitic branch spoken in Ethiopia. It is one of the Gurage languages in the Ethiopian Semitic...
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    speakers were Oromo, Somali, Beja, Afar, Hadiyya, Kambaata, and Sidama. The Cushitic languages with the greatest number of total speakers are Oromo (37 million)...
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    Addis Ababa (category Articles containing Oromo-language text)
    Ababa (/ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə/; Amharic: አዲስ አበባ, lit. 'new flower' [adˈdis ˈaβəβa] ,Oromo: Finfinnee, lit. 'fountain of hot mineral water') is the capital city of...
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    Adama (category Articles containing Oromo-language text)
    Adama (Oromo: Adaamaa, Amharic: አዳማ), formerly Nazreth (Amharic: ናዝሬት), is one of the cities of Oromia Region of Ethiopia.[needs update?] Located in the...
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  • The Oromoid languages are a branch of Lowland East Cushitic languages that includes the most populous Cushitic language, Oromo, and the closely related...
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    Machbuba (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    an Oromo girl from present-day Ethiopia who was taken to Germany as a slave. She is known to have helped lay the foundations for the Oromo language studies...
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    Raining cats and dogs (category Articles containing Oromo-language text)
    up rain cats and dogs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The English-language idiom "raining cats and dogs" or "raining dogs and cats" is used to describe...
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    Gadaa (category Articles containing Oromo-language text)
    (pronounced "Geda" meaning "The Gateway" in Oromoo language) is the indigenous system of governance used by the Oromos in Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It is also...
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