Language code: om

Technical information about ISO 639 language code om

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
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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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

*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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