Oromoid languages

Oromoid
Geographic
distribution:
Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya
Linguistic classification:

Afro-Asiatic

Subdivisions:
  • Oromo
  • Konsoid
Glottolog: nucl1701[1]

The Oromoid languages are a branch of Lowland East Cushitic languages that includes the most populous Cushitic language, Oromo, and the closely related Konsoid dialect cluster.

Oromo
Oromo, Eastern Oromo, Borana, Orma, Waata
Konsoid (Konso–Gidole)
Konso, Dirasha (Gidole), Bussa (Mossiya), Mashile, Turo, Gato

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Oromoid". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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