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6 unusual facts about Oromo language


Ampelocissus abyssinica

Ampelocissus abyssinica is a large climbing vine native to southeast Ethiopia, where it is known in the Afaan Oromo language by the name teru (also the name for a part of that country), and is used as a herbal treatment for the medical condition known as black leg.

Balcha Safo

Balcha Aba Nefso (Gurage and Oromo: ባልቻ ጻፎ; 1863 – 1936), also known by his title as Dejazmach Balcha, was an accomplished Ethiopian general, who served in both the First and Second Italo-Ethiopian Wars.

But there are also many Gurage People who use Oromo names because of their geographical assimilation with the Oromo.

Ethiopian Person of the Year

The word Yeroo means "Time" or "Times" in the Oromo language of Ethiopia and its style was to mirror the American TIME news magazine which also publishes its annual "Person of the Year" selections.

Merera Gudina

His party also wants to make Afan Oromo the co-official language of Ethiopia to empower Oromo people politically, socially and economically.

Oromo language

The few works that had been published, most notably Onesimos Nesib's and Aster Ganno's translation of the Bible from the late nineteenth century, were written in the Ge'ez alphabet, as was the 1875 New Testament produced by Krapf.


Adami Tullu

Adami Tullu (also spelled Adami Tulu; Oromo, "Euphorbia hill") is a town in central Ethiopia.

Asosa Zone

Berta was spoken by 53.6%, Amharic is spoken as a first language by 26.7% and as a second language by another 6.2%, Oromiffa by 11.3% and as a second language by another 5.5%, Fadashi by 4.2%, and Tigrinya by 1.4%.

Fentale

Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 43.25%, 39.78% spoke Amharic, 5.79% spoke Kambaata, 3.38% spoke Welayta, and 3.27% spoke Hadiya; the remaining 4.53% spoke all other primary languages reported.

Mao-Komo special woreda

Oromiffa is spoken as a first language by 58%, 29% speak Fadashi, 6% speak Mao one of the northern group of Omotic languages, 5% Kwama, 1% Berta, and 0.7% speak Gumuz; the remaining 0.3% spoke all other primary languages reported.

Seraro

Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 78.99%, 8.3% spoke Hadiya, 4.89% spoke Alaba, 2.74% spoke Kambaata, and 2.35% spoke Amharic; the remaining 2.73% spoke all other primary languages reported.

Yebbo Communication Network

According to 2006 client request data, the Afro-Asiatic Amharic, Tigrinya, Somali and Oromo are designated as Yebbo’s Core languages, in addition to the Niger-Congo Swahili language, and the Nilo-Saharan Dinka and Nuer languages.


see also

Nekemte

It is a burial place of Onesimos Nesib, a famous Oromo who translated the Bible to Oromo Language for the first time, in collaboration with Aster Ganno.