Southern Oromo, or Afaan Oromoo (after one of its dialects), is a variety of
Oromo spoken in southern
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
and northern
Kenya
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by the
Borana people. Günther Schlee also notes that it is the native language of a number of related peoples, such as the
Sakuye.
[Schlee]
"Interethnic Clan Identities among Cushitic-Speaking Pastoralists", ''Africa''
55 (1985),p. 21
Dialects are Borana proper (Boran, Borena), possibly Arsi (Arussi, Arusi) and Guji (Gujji, Jemjem) in Ethiopia and, in
Kenya
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, Karayu, Salale (Selale), Gabra (Gabbra, Gebra) and possibly
Orma Orma may refer to:
* Orma people
* Orma language
* Orma, Pella, a village in the municipality Almopia, northern Greece
* Orma Marble Palace, situated at Kothakulangara
* Orma Film Festival
* Orma, Tibet
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and
Waata
The Waata (Waat, Watha), or Sanye, are an Oromo-speaking people of Kenya and former hunter-gatherers. They share the name ''Sanye'' with the neighboring Dahalo.
The current language of the Waata may be a dialect of Orma Orma may refer to:
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The language is locally and commonly known as ''Afaan Oromoo("Oromo language").
References
Languages of Ethiopia
Languages of Kenya
Oromo groups
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