Oromoid languages

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
Oromoid
Geographic
distribution
Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Subdivisions
  • Oromo
  • Konsoid
Glottolognucl1701[1]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Oromoid". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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