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Name: Oromo, West Central
Type: Language
Alternate Names: West Central Oromo; Oromo (West-Central); Oromo; West-Central; Afan Oromo; Oromiffa; Oromoo; "Galla"; Galla; Oromo Proper; Ethiopian Oromo
Spoken in: Egypt, Ethiopia
Number of speakers: 8,920,000 in Ethiopia (1994 census). Population total all countries: 8,922,200. Ethnic population: All ethnic Oromo are 30,000,000 in Ethiopia (Ethnologue)
Code: gaz
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Afro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup: Oromo; Oromoid (orom)
Child Dialects: Wello; Wollo; Wallo (gaz-wel) Tulema; Tulama; Shoa; Shewa (gaz-tul) Central Oromo (gaz-cen) Raya (gaz-ray) Western Oromo (gaz-wes) Mecha; Maccha; Wellaga; Wallaga; Wollega; Macha; Maca; Maca 1; Maca 2 (gaz-mec)

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