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Oromo

Cushitic language
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Summary

Oromo is a language[1]. Oromo ranks in the top 0.57% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,621 views/month, #32 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Ethiopia[3], Somalia[4], Kenya[5]
  • Instance of: macrolanguage[6], modern language[7]
  • Subclass of: Cushitic[8], Oromoid[9]
  • Writing system: Latin script[10], Geʽez script[11]
  • Wikimedia language code: om[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oromo language[13]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 24,000,000[14], 36,000,000[15]
  • Native label: Afaan Oromoo[16]
  • Short name: оромоӣ[17]
  • Indigenous to: Oromia Region[18], Oromo people[19]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ORM[20]
  • Category for films in this language: Category:Oromo-language films[21]
  • Related category: Category:Oromo pronunciation[22]

Why It Matters

Oromo has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Oromo is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Ethiopia Girma Wolde-Giorgis Kenya Menilek II Somalia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Glottolog. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . cia.gov. cia.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 4, 'lon': 38}
    Related category → Category:Oromo pronunciation
    Category for films in this language → Category:Oromo-language films
    Country → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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