The Oromoid languages are a branch of
Lowland East Cushitic languages
Lowland East Cushitic is a group of roughly two dozen diverse languages of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Its largest representatives are Oromo and Somali.
Classification
Lowland East Cushitic classification from Tosco (2020:2 ...
that includes the most populous Cushitic language,
Oromo, and the closely related Konsoid dialect cluster.
;Oromo:
Oromo,
Eastern Oromo,
Borana,
Orma,
Waata
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;Konsoid (Konso–Gidole):
Konso
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,
Dirasha (Gidole),
Bussa (Mossiya),
Mashile,
Turo,
Gato
References
East Cushitic languages
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