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Language code: om

Technical information about ISO 639 language code om

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The table below provides technical details for the Oromo language, designated by the om code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

om

Name

Official

Oromo

Native

Afaan Oromoo

Family
Cushitic
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Borana–Arsi–GujiEastern Oromo (Harar)West-Central Oromo (Wellega)Orma
Related languages
SomaliAfarSidamo (Gedeo)KonsoBeja
Key facts
Largest of the Cushitic languages by number of speakersModern Oromo orthography is Latin-based, officially adopted in the early 1990sDistinguishes five short and five long vowels with vowel harmonyEmploys an inclusive vs. exclusive we in its pronounsBasic clause order is Subject-Object-Verb, with extensive use of postpositions.
Sample phrase

Akkam, akkam jirtu?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Oromo belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family, more specifically to the Cushitic subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Ethiopia and is also used by the Oromo communities in Kenya. It is written using the Latin script (Oromo alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 45 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Ethiopia

46M

Kenya

92K

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Oromo speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

om-ET – Oromo (Ethiopia)

om-KE – Oromo (Kenya)

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