Eastern Oromo language
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| Eastern Oromo | |
|---|---|
| Harar[1] | |
| Region | Ethiopia |
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Native speakers
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unknown (4.5 million[dubious ] cited 1994 census)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hae |
| Glottolog | east2652[3] |
Eastern Oromo (also known as "Ittu Oromo" or "Qottu Oromo") is a dialect of the Oromo language. It is spoken in the Mirab Hararghe Zone, Misraq Hararghe Zone and northern Bale Zone of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.[4]
According to Ethnologue, a 1994 census reported 4,530,000 speakers of this dialect.[2] However, the 1994 Ethiopian national census did not break down language speakers according to dialect, although it reported 2,570,293 speakers of Oromo in those two zones.[5]
References
- ↑ Distinguish Harari
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eastern Oromo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ "Languages of Ethiopia", Ethnologue (accessed 7 November 2009)
- ↑ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.15 (accessed 6 April 2009)
Literature
- Owens, Jonathan. 1985. A grammar of Harar Oromo (Northeastern Ethiopia): including a text and a glossary. Cushitic language studies; Bd. 4) Hamburg: Buske.
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