Oromo, West Central > LINGUIST List Language Search
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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