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 |
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| Standard | |
| 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 | |
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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
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Oromo speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ