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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 The Waata (Waat, Watha), or Sanye, are an Oromo-speaking people of Kenya and former hunter-gatherer A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived Lifestyle, lifestyle, in which most or al ...
;Konsoid (Konso–Gidole):
Konso Karat is a town in south-western Ethiopia and the capital of the Konso Zone in the new South Ethiopia Regional State. Situated 20 km north of the Sagan River at an elevation of , it is also called Pakawle by some of the neighboring inhabita ...
, Dirasha (Gidole), Bussa (Mossiya), Mashile, Turo, Gato


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