Oromo leid

Oromo
Afaan Oromo Oromiffa(a)
Native tae	Ethiopie, Kenyae, Somalie
Ethnicity	Oromos
Native speakers	25 million (2007)
Leid faimily	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lawland East Oromo
Writin seestem	Laitin Qubee, umwhile Ethiopic syllabary an aw
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	om
ISO 639-2	orm
ISO 639-3	orm – inclusive code Individual codes: gax – Borana–Arsi–Guji– Walagaa Oromo hae – Eastren Oromo orc – Orma gaz – Wast Central Oromo

Oromo (pron. /ˈɒrəmoʊ/ or /ɔːˈroʊmoʊ/) is an Afro-Asiatic leid. It is the maist widely spoken tongue in the faimily's Cushitic branch, an the maist populous leid o Ethiopie. Furms o Oromo are spoken as a first leid bi mair nor 20 million Oromo an neighbourin fowks in Ethiopie an pairts o northren Kenyae. Some linguists think o Oromo as a dialect continuum, syne nae aw varieties are mutually intelligible. It is a sociolinguistic leid, consistin o at least fower varieties: Borana–Arsi–Guji Oromo (ISO code gax), Eastren Oromo (cried Qottu an aw) (ISO code hae), Orma (ISO code orc), an Wast Central Oromo (ISO code gaz). Aulder publications eften refer tae the leid as Galla, a term that is considered pejorative an na langer uised. The lingueestic relationships atween some o these Oromo leids hae been explained bi Kebede Hordofa Janko.