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The Oromo people (Oromo: Oromoo, pron. / ˈ ɒr əm oʊ / ORR-əm-oh [11]) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. [12] They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo ), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family . [ 12 ]
Afaan Oromo 'Oromo (language)', Afaan Oromootiin 'in Oromo'-dhaan following a long vowel; yeroo 'time', yeroodhaan 'on time' bawuu 'to come out, coming out', bawuudhaan 'by coming out' Locative The locative is used for nouns that represent general locations of events or states, roughly at. For more specific locations, Oromo uses prepositions or ...
Southern Oromo, or Borana (after one of its dialects), is a variety of Oromo spoken in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya by the Borana people.Günther Schlee also notes that it is the native language of a number of related peoples, such as the Sakuye.
The Oromo people are one of the oldest Cushitic peoples inhabiting the Horn of Africa.There is still no reliable estimate of the history of their settlement in the region, however, many indications suggest that they have been living in the north of Kenya and south-east Ethiopia for more than 7,000 years, until the great expansion in 1520 when they expanded to the south-west and some areas in ...
The Oromia Media Network (OMN) is an Oromo news channel headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.. OMN is established as a non-profit independent media outlet 501(c)(3) organization, licensed under the Federal Communications Commission funded by public donors from the broader Oromo diaspora.
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However, other studies have found an almost equal representation of E1b1b at approximately 57% in both the 25 Oromo and the 34 Amhara individuals. [125] The second most prevalent lineage Haplogroup J , has been found to exist at levels as high as 35.4% in the Amhara, of which 33.3% is of the type J1 , while 2.1% is of J2 type.
The Oromo conflict or Oromia conflict is a protracted conflict between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian government. [17] [18] The Oromo Liberation Front formed to fight the Ethiopian Empire to liberate the Oromo people and establish an independent state of Oromia.