Southern Oromo is a member of the Lowland East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. It is spoken by about 9.6 million people in southern Ethiopia amd northern Kenya. Southern Oromia speakers in Ethiopia can be found in the Oromia region, while those in Kenya live mainly in the Marsabit County, and also in Tana River and Garissa counties.
Southern Oromo is also known as Boraana Oromo, Afaan Borana, Borana, Boraana, Borena or Booranaa. Dialects include Borana, Arsi and Guji, which are spoken in Ethiopia, and Karayu, Salale and Gabra, which are spoken in Kenya. It is written with the Latin alphabet.
Download an Southern Oromo alphabet chart (Excel)
Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/3176/LUK.11.GAXNT
Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV
Information about Southern Oromo | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about Southern Oromo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Oromo_language
https://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/borana.html
http://www.language-archives.org/language/gax
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/gax
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Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 27.09.24. Last modified: 28.09.24
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