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Southern Oromo language

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or make use of their tribe name. The Oromo are more than 7000 years old and originated in southern Ethiopia expanding once the Oromo migrations began near 1530. There are 15 Oromo dialects with the possibility of more that have not been documented. These dialects are split into 3 major groups, Western, Eastern and Southern. Ethiopia has the largest amount of Oromo speakers with 33.8% or around 27 million, whilst Kenya has a relatively lower amount around 300,000 and Somalia with a mentionable 45,000. Oromo is one of the official languages in Ethiopia but brings mixed reactions among its use. Kenya does not recognize Oromo as an official language and continues to keep its distance as a whole. Though the elder Kenyans still use Oromo the younger generation operate solely on Swahili and English, the two officially recognized languages.
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of the 37 million Oromo speakers up to 18 million are speaking Boraana Oromo. The Boraana speakers and people are solely based in the southern region (Oromia) of Ethiopia and the northern frontier district of Kenya. Most Kenyan Boraana people can be found in towns like Tula, Garba, Isiolo and Marsabit. Young Ethiopians that have migrated to Marsabit have very strong knowledge of the Boraana language. Boraana is a major dialect of the Oromo language but as of yet does not have extensive easily accessible information documented.
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people. This Gadaa practice can only be found within a handful of Cushitic speaking societes in Ethiopia. The Boraana people, practices and language are fascinating and even in current times only a couple books written have a clear in depth description on the topic of Boraana Oromo phonology and morhphology (Harry Stroomers Grammar of Boraana Oromo and his other Studies of Oromo in general).
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pronouns and postpositions have a "base" form in direct object position, predicate position, in temporal and locative expressions, before postpositions and suffixes and in word-by-word elicitation." There is also subject marking which varies the noun phrase categories. Adjectives and nouns are marked for subject by suffixes while demonstrative and personal pronouns have separate forms.
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Numbers can be specified or unspecified by plural and singulative suffixes but more often than not nouns are unspecified by number. In a sense this means sometimes you will have no way to decifer what is one or plenty in number but the context can provide this information. There are some restrictions
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Oromo is valued as an important African language, and according to Grover Hudson it is "one of the five or six most important languages in Africa". Previously the Oromo population were referred to as "Galla" (the term description disputed) but have adapted the self name Oromo to indicate themselves,
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Boraana Oromo is one of the many Oromo languages spoken amongst Ethiopians and Kenyans. Boraana Oromo (Southern Oromo) derives from the Afrosiatic language family whilst belonging to the Cushitic branch. Oromo has the largest number of speakers out the Cushitic branch at an estimated 37 million. Out
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in the initial and medial position. Occasionally a will occur but there is no specification to decipher whether is an allophone of long vowel ee but most tend to assume exactly that due to lack of finality on the topic. Final position vowels are phonetically short and are realized as a vowel plus
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Within the Boraana language there are consonants, allophones of consonants, vowels and stress. Boraana Oromo is a tonal language and is very unique but have common similarities with some of the other dialects of Oromo. The smallest unit of meaningful sound are called phonemes and are present within
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Adjectives usually end in a long vowel in the base form which consist of a root or a root plus an extension. Adjectives also can be masculine or feminine agreeing in gender with the noun they modify whilst some adjectives possess no gender. One can determine the gender by looking at the adjectival
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There are many morphological processes that take place within Boraana Oromo. Consonant clusters across morpheme boundaries originate in verb forms, nouns, adjectives occasionally having two realizations due to free variation, a gap in data, or a semantic block on one of the variants. Due to these
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The Boraana dialect of Oromo is an important depiction of Southern Oromo and has unique systems that make up the language. Though Boraana is unique in its own systems, it does share some cluster simplification rules in the verb paradigm with Orma (another Southern Oromo dialect). Previously B. W.
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Commonly Boraana is referred to locally as Afaan Borana and has been spelled and described several different ways (Borana, Boraana, Borena, Booranaa, Southern Oromo).The Gadaa system (an age-grading system) also known as generation grading, has been practiced without interruption by the Boraana
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With the exclusion of preverbal short final vowels, usually preverbal syllables in present and past affirmative statements have stress. Differentiation between the preverbal stress rule or the presence of a stressed linker clitic is not always possible when determining how the preverbal stress
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In some instances the numeral can come between the noun and adjective, between the possessive and the adjective, and between the adjective and demonstrative or at the end of the noun phrase. "Nouns, adjectives, numerals, demonstratives, personal pronouns, possessives, reflexive and reciprocal
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Any other grammatical relations not going through the processes previously mentioned are expressed by the linker clitic. A combination of linker clitic and suffix also express grammatical relations with one relation being able to be expressed in the last element of a noun phrase.
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Consonants can be short or long (with the exception of sh, p', ny, and h). When it comes to the spelling the short consonants use the letter once while the long consonants are written twice causing the similar word to have completely different meaning.
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When counting above the number 10 you must attach the added number that replaces the 0 from the 1-9 numbers in order to form the complete number as shown in the graph above for numbers 100, 200, 300, 400. This rule applies for all numbers above 10.
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Isolated nouns are in the base form which is composed of the root alone or the root plus an extension (plural, singulative or derivational suffixes). It is also important to divide nouns according to their final vowels.
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In Boraana Oromo short vowel noun endings have penultimate or ultimate stress (with exception to the final phonetically voiceless vowel) depending on whether they are feminine (penultimate) or masculine (ultimate).
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Consonants occur single in initial position; intervocalically they occur single, double, or in a cluster of two different consonants but do not occur in word final position. Phonemically, all words end in a vowel.
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is excluded because it is realized as itself in all environments, therefore not changing. When a short vowel is at the end of a word it becomes voiceless. This process is practiced with words like
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Andrzejewski conducted a studies of Boraana Oromo particularly in tone, phonetics, phonology as well as plural formations (1957, 1960, 1962, 1972). In 1973 an informative Boraana dictionary,
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In the following text and descriptions stress will be indicated by . For instance , , , , etc. Stress functions as a property of morphemes and as a property of sentences.
1119:(f) express gender in ordinal numbers. These elements are only obligatory from 20th onwards but for 1st - 19th there is dialect divergence in the use of these elements. 3897:- water. Nouns with plural suffixes generally refer to counted or countable groups of items while nouns denoting animate beings can take singulative suffixes. 2744:
Vowel sounds /i, e, a, o/ can also be heard as . Vowels can be long or short in final position, medial and initial. All words end with a short or long vowel.
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A noun may be modified by a possessive, an adjective, and a demonstrative and they are also gender sensitive with the following order taking place.
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Unstressed obligatory clitic that immediately precedes the negative verb forms in main and subordinate clauses in present, past and imperative.
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Within Boraana Oromo there are morphophonemic changes involving vowels and glides, changes in vowels across morpheme boundaries, change of
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Nouns ending in a long vowel are generally feminine whilst nouns ending in short vowels are masculine. Proper names behave like nouns.
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into zero, epenthetic consonants and vowels, inversions of consonant clusters and lengthening of short vowels in a closed syllable.
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Optional stressed clitic that immediately precedes main clause present and past affirmative verbs with emphasis on the predicate.
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Nouns are not marked for definiteness but demonstratives are used instead for this purpose and Indefiniteness is expressed by
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Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns are invariant for person, gender and number and therefore behave like nouns with forms
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the Boraana language. Boraana contains 6 passive articulators which may differ in areas yet some merge into each other.
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are generally feminine." As noted before feminine nouns mostly have penultimate stress due to ending in a short vowel.
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Dialects are Borana proper (Boran, Borena), possibly Arsi (Arussi, Arusi) and Guji (Gujji, Jemjem) in Ethiopia and, in
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have ultimate or penultimate stress in free variation. The final phonetically voiceless vowel is not counted."
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Possessives can be masculine or feminine depending on head noun gender and they follow the head noun.
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A comparative study or three Southern Oromo dialects in Kenya: phonology, morphology, and vocabulary
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Schlee, Günther (1985). "Interethnic Clan Identities among Cushitic-Speaking Pastoralists".
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This element precedes a present subordinate affirmative verb and indicates the adhortative.
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noun endings can be masculine or feminine. This is also the case for Orma and Waata Oromo.
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Mismatch in the number of words between lines: 6 word(s) in line 1, 7 word(s) in line 2 (
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Oromo can be divided into three dialect groups: west central, eastern, and southern.
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glottal stop plus voiceless vowel or as a short vowel plus voiceless vowel.
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A grammar of Boraana Oromo (Kenya): phonology, morphology, vocabularies
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and due to their plural concord must be recognized as plural such as
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Fixed stress is found on the linker clitic, the linker clitic plus
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This alphabetical order is used in the Boraana English vocabulary.
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Lewis, Herbert S. (1966). "The Origins of the Galla and Somali".
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processes the input consonant differs from the output consonant.
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Towards the Genetic Classification of the Afaan Oromoo Dialects
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This element can precede a main clause past affirmative verb.
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occurs in medial and initial position the voiceless palatal
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1 particular stone of a fireplace (consisting of 3 stones)
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only occurs in initial and medial position in loanwords.
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can be heard as fricatives when in intervocalic position.
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GADA: Three Approaches to the Study of African Society
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haad'a + tii ijoollee tana afraani ii guddoo hiyeettii
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as a second consonant are possible but less frequent.
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Summary of consonant clusters morphophonemic process:
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Adjectives follow the same stress patterns as nouns.
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he.SUBJ ADH house him LK.GEN enter-3.SG.PRES.SUBORD
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mother + SUBJ children these four LIN=GEN very poor
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Köln: Köppe. 4368: 4232:Personal, Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns 6631: 6506: 6497: 6333: 6319: 6311: 5919: 5877: 5863: 5855: 4860:"Yesterday I bought a knife at the market" 3397:"Yesterday I bought a knife at the market" 3033:"Nouns ending in the singulative suffixes 2279:Consonant clusters have been found within 29: 4854:aani yaa kalee billaa gabayaa bit-ad'd'-e 1896:Distribution and Allophones of consonants 5814:(1). 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Overall, consonant clusters with 2275:Consonant clusters within morphemes 1672:when occurring before velar sounds. 4465:- Guyyo and Galgalo saw each other 3672:Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) ( 3569:Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) ( 3035:-(e)esa, -(e)ensa, -(i)isa, -(i)ca 255:(The New Testament in Borana) and 25: 4022:-oo, -ee, -aa, -ti, -ni, -ii, -ll 3778:Masculine words long vowel ending 3449:d + s =c, d' + s = s, k' + s = ns 3439:b + n = mn, d + n = nn, g + n =nn 3201:Stress as a property of sentences 2923:Stress as a property of morphemes 2732: 2727: 2711: 2706: 2697: 2692: 2678: 2673: 2664: 2659: 1640: 1631: 1611: 1589: 1566: 1549: 1540: 1533: 1526: 1501: 1483: 1476: 1469: 1462: 1444: 1437: 1430: 1414: 1407: 1400: 1392: 1364: 1356: 1349: 1342: 5056: 4988: 4451:innii daawitii keesaani ufi arge 4439:(together, each other).The word 3885:with masculine nouns ending in - 3164:I do not know, He does not know 3001:It's important to note that the 2009:Initial and medial distribution 5220:from the original on 2012-11-16 4659:obboleettini tiya bori ind'ufti 3765:Feminine nous long vowel ending 3103:, the subject marking suffixes 2952:(f) "navel, umbilical cord" 2846:The short vowel in Boraana are 1969:a girl pregnant before marriage 1686:and can also be heard as a tap 5808:The Journal of African History 5242:. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. 5238:Janko, Kebede Hordofa (2012). 4721:"My sister will come tomorrow" 4628:obboleettiini tiya worra jirti 4463:guyyoo*fi galgaloo woli argani 4453:- He saw himself in the mirror 4427:"He is my clever(est) brother" 4099:ending. Masculine endings are 1: 4421:obboleesa kiya k'aroo+ni iisa 5206:Blench, Roger (2006-11-14). 5087:. New York: The Free Press. 4382:obboleesa kiya k'arooni iisa 3268:market (w/ preverbal stress) 2718: 2652: 488:to say bad things, do wrong 80:9.6 million (2019–2024) 5167:Ethiopian Statistics Agency 4954:inni haa mana isa aa seen-u 4618:anini obboleettii tiya arge 3184:that I know, that he knows 1721:Consonant (Short vs. Long) 6854: 4424:brother my clever+SUBJ him 4361:aani takka iisa hin+gar+ne 3017:(f) "pupil of the eye" 2319: 2261:Some instances of initial 2176: 1237:sagaleesoo, kud'a(a)neesoo 458:to reach a place, near to 246:Dizionario Borana-Italiano 6802: 6634: 5820:10.1017/S0021853700006058 5083:Legesse, Asmarom (1973). 4305:in Direct Object Position 4284: 4273: 4262: 4251: 4241: 4103:and feminine endings are 3768:Feminine nouns ending in 2749:Initial position contrast 2297: 2168: 1694:in intervocalic position. 1625: 1603: 1581: 1515: 1375: 1336: 1302: 1255: 1249:kurneesoo, kud'a(a)neesoo 37: 5836:Stroomer, Harry (1995). 5827:Stroomer, Harry (1987). 4960:"May he enter his house" 4877:inni haa mana isaa seenu 4643:Preverbal elements are: 4311:aani takka iisa hingarre 3670:"The house of the chief" 2940:(f) "girl, daughter" 2780:Medial position contrast 1712:only occur in loanwords. 739:to play, amuse one self 357:Southern Oromo alphabet 5046:Southern Oromo language 4931: 4917: 4909: 4901: 4891: 4880: 4866: 4831: 4823: 4815: 4807: 4797: 4786: 4771: 4741: 4727: 4689: 4681: 4673: 4662: 4648: 4443:itself means together. 2811:Final position contrast 2618: 2611: 2604: 2589: 2579: 2572: 2560: 2553: 2546: 2531: 2524: 2514: 2502: 2495: 2485: 2473: 2466: 2459: 2452: 2440: 2433: 2423: 2411: 2404: 2397: 2390: 2378: 2371: 2361: 2349: 2339: 2332: 2263: 2237: 2219: 2207: 2183: 2170: 2148: 2129: 2122: 2097: 2075: 2068: 2026: 2001: 1995: 1977: 1961: 1945: 1929: 1920: 1914: 1908: 1902: 1875: 1861: 1845: 1831: 1815: 1801: 1785: 1771: 1755: 1741: 1277: 1265: 1248: 1236: 1225:saddeesoo, saddeeteesoo 1224: 1212: 1200: 1188: 1176: 1164: 1152: 1140: 1115: 1109: 1094: 1082: 1070: 1058: 1046: 1034: 1022: 1010: 998: 986: 974: 962: 950: 938: 926: 914: 902: 890: 878: 866: 854: 842: 793: 778: 763: 748: 733: 718: 703: 688: 662: 647: 632: 617: 602: 587: 572: 557: 542: 527: 512: 497: 482: 467: 452: 437: 422: 407: 392: 377: 257: 251: 4068:- brothers and sisters 3144:"the top of the tree" 2112:to be elastic/flexible 1871:act of watering cattle 1825:to long for, to crave 1107:The deicitic elements 245: 6828:Languages of Ethiopia 4625:- Guyyo is my brother 4623:guyyoo obboleesa kiya 4582:SG - his, PL - their 4376:in Predicate position 2842:Short and long vowels 6279:Kenyan Sign Language 5373:, pp. 122, 133. 4063:- An Ethiopian woman 4028:Singulative suffixes 2871:Long Vowel Examples: 6181:Immigrant languages 5337:, pp. 145–227. 5265:, pp. 149–227. 5193:The Language Gulper 4630:- My sister is home 4553:SG - your, PL your 4479: 4238: 4112: 3905: 3761: 3725:- "Baobab-tree" 3667:house chief LIN=GEN 3155: 2292: 2291:Consonant clusters 2267:can alternate with 2010: 1924:in some instances. 1751:backside (of a hut) 1722: 1278:kaa diddamii tokkoo 1124: 826: 799:cold, cold weather 358: 283:West Central Oromo 265:Brief Oromo History 203:spoken in southern 6833:Languages of Kenya 6342:Cushitic languages 5952:Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki 5893:Official languages 5886:Languages of Kenya 4772:yaa (yaayuu, laa)- 4524:SG - my, PL - our 4477: 4236: 4110: 4058:- An Ethiopian man 3903: 3856:- Female elephant 3759: 3443:final consonant + 3433:final consonant + 3423:final consonant + 3153: 3147:-Verb inflection- 2975:-ii, -ee, -oo, -uu 2962:Exceptions occur: 2946:(f) "darkness" 2879:- I know, he knows 2864:ii, ee, aa, oo, uu 2858:(place, side) and 2788:- family/relatives 2769:- to spend the day 2290: 2008: 1720: 1122: 824: 593:baby, small child 578:crossroad, zigzag 503:a group of people 356: 6815: 6814: 6809:extinct languages 6735: 6734: 6693: 6692: 6621: 6620: 6308: 6307: 6176: 6175: 5847:978-3-927620-27-8 5831:. Hamburg: Buske. 5747:, pp. 69–70. 5675:, pp. 38–39. 5618:, pp. 26–32. 5594:, pp. 22–27. 5543:, pp. 18–20. 5465:Andrzejewski 1957 5424:, pp. 12–13. 5249:978-3-89645-487-4 5054:(24th ed., 2021) 4986:(27th ed., 2024) 4765:"Don't cook (it)" 4620:- I saw my sister 4613: 4612: 4299: 4298: 4229: 4228: 4018: 4017: 3880: 3879: 3305:interpretation 2: 3222:interpretation 1: 3198: 3197: 3065:"Nouns ending in 2973:"Nouns ending in 2800:- Samburu (tribe) 2757:- a kind of grass 2742: 2741: 2625: 2624: 2259: 2258: 1962:c'abana, c'ap'ana 1889: 1888: 1855:intestinal worms 1781:nakedness, nudity 1652: 1651: 1284: 1283: 1101: 1100: 825:Cardinal Numbers 814: 813: 548:to love, to like 533:traveller, guest 398:to speak, to say 190: 189: 16:(Redirected from 6845: 6632: 6561:Somali languages 6507: 6498: 6335: 6328: 6321: 6312: 5920: 5879: 5872: 5865: 5856: 5851: 5832: 5823: 5802: 5799:Oromo Dictionary 5784: 5778: 5772: 5766: 5760: 5754: 5748: 5742: 5736: 5730: 5724: 5718: 5712: 5706: 5700: 5694: 5688: 5682: 5676: 5670: 5661: 5655: 5646: 5640: 5631: 5625: 5619: 5613: 5607: 5601: 5595: 5589: 5583: 5577: 5568: 5562: 5556: 5550: 5544: 5538: 5532: 5526: 5511: 5505: 5492: 5486: 5475: 5474: 5462: 5456: 5450: 5437: 5431: 5425: 5419: 5410: 5404: 5398: 5392: 5386: 5380: 5374: 5368: 5362: 5356: 5350: 5344: 5338: 5332: 5326: 5320: 5314: 5308: 5302: 5296: 5290: 5284: 5278: 5272: 5266: 5260: 5254: 5253: 5235: 5229: 5228: 5226: 5225: 5219: 5212: 5203: 5197: 5196: 5184: 5178: 5177: 5175: 5173: 5164: 5156: 5150: 5144: 5138: 5132: 5126: 5120: 5114: 5108: 5097: 5096: 5080: 5074: 5068: 5062: 5061: 5060: 5043: 5037: 5036: 5000: 4994: 4993: 4992: 4975: 4950: 4946: 4942: 4938: 4927: 4923: 4897: 4887: 4869: 4850: 4846: 4842: 4838: 4803: 4793: 4774: 4762:NEG-cook-NEG.IMP 4759:hin-d'aab-in(n)i 4755: 4751: 4747: 4742:hin-d'aab-in(n)i 4730: 4711: 4707: 4703: 4699: 4695: 4669: 4651: 4480: 4409: 4370: 4357: 4353: 4349: 4322: 4292: 4279: 4239: 4113: 4105:-oo, -tuu, -ttii 3906: 3762: 3695:) a short vowel 3690:Nouns ending in: 3677: 3660: 3656: 3610: 3574: 3541: 3537: 3503: 3404: 3394: 3390: 3386: 3376: 3372: 3361: 3327: 3316: 3297: 3293: 3283: 3279: 3244: 3233: 3156: 3085:lkaani or ilkani 3055:- "spider, crab" 2904: 2806:- gate, entrance 2775:- amber necklace 2736: 2731: 2715: 2710: 2701: 2696: 2682: 2677: 2668: 2663: 2632: 2621: 2614: 2607: 2592: 2582: 2575: 2563: 2556: 2549: 2534: 2527: 2517: 2505: 2498: 2488: 2476: 2469: 2462: 2455: 2443: 2436: 2426: 2414: 2407: 2400: 2393: 2381: 2374: 2364: 2352: 2342: 2335: 2293: 2266: 2255: 2252: 2249: 2246: 2242: 2231: 2228: 2225: 2222: 2216: 2212: 2201: 2198: 2195: 2192: 2188: 2179: 2178: 2173: 2164: 2161: 2158: 2155: 2144: 2141: 2138: 2135: 2125: 2116: 2113: 2110: 2107: 2103: 2093: 2090: 2087: 2084: 2080: 2071: 2062: 2059: 2056: 2046: 2043: 2038: 2029: 2011: 2004: 1998: 1989: 1986: 1983: 1980: 1973: 1970: 1967: 1964: 1957: 1954: 1951: 1948: 1941: 1938: 1937:to have diarrhea 1935: 1932: 1923: 1917: 1911: 1905: 1882: 1868: 1852: 1838: 1822: 1808: 1792: 1778: 1762: 1748: 1723: 1711: 1703: 1693: 1685: 1677: 1671: 1664:can be heard as 1663: 1657: 1644: 1635: 1615: 1593: 1570: 1560: 1553: 1544: 1537: 1530: 1523: 1505: 1496: 1487: 1480: 1473: 1466: 1459: 1448: 1441: 1434: 1427: 1418: 1411: 1404: 1396: 1388: 1368: 1360: 1353: 1346: 1300: 1280: 1268: 1251: 1239: 1227: 1215: 1203: 1191: 1179: 1167: 1155: 1143: 1125: 1123:Ordinal Numbers 1118: 1112: 1097: 1085: 1073: 1061: 1049: 1037: 1025: 1013: 1001: 989: 977: 965: 953: 941: 929: 917: 905: 893: 881: 869: 857: 845: 827: 796: 781: 766: 754:a kind of honey 751: 736: 721: 706: 691: 665: 650: 635: 620: 605: 590: 575: 560: 545: 530: 515: 500: 485: 470: 455: 440: 425: 410: 395: 380: 359: 260: 254: 248: 186: 170: 163: 143: 90: 30: 21: 6853: 6852: 6848: 6847: 6846: 6844: 6843: 6842: 6818: 6817: 6816: 6811: 6798: 6782: 6731: 6689: 6663: 6617: 6582: 6487: 6439: 6391: 6344: 6339: 6309: 6304: 6288:Urban languages 6283: 6267: 6172: 6109: 6036: 5915: 5909: 5888: 5883: 5848: 5835: 5826: 5805: 5796: 5793: 5788: 5787: 5779: 5775: 5767: 5763: 5755: 5751: 5743: 5739: 5731: 5727: 5719: 5715: 5707: 5703: 5695: 5691: 5683: 5679: 5671: 5664: 5656: 5649: 5641: 5634: 5626: 5622: 5614: 5610: 5602: 5598: 5590: 5586: 5578: 5571: 5563: 5559: 5551: 5547: 5539: 5535: 5527: 5514: 5506: 5495: 5487: 5478: 5468: 5463: 5459: 5451: 5440: 5432: 5428: 5420: 5413: 5405: 5401: 5393: 5389: 5381: 5377: 5369: 5365: 5357: 5353: 5349:, pp. 8–9. 5345: 5341: 5333: 5329: 5321: 5317: 5309: 5305: 5297: 5293: 5285: 5281: 5273: 5269: 5261: 5257: 5250: 5237: 5236: 5232: 5223: 5221: 5217: 5210: 5205: 5204: 5200: 5186: 5185: 5181: 5171: 5169: 5162: 5158: 5157: 5153: 5145: 5141: 5133: 5129: 5121: 5117: 5109: 5100: 5082: 5081: 5077: 5073:, Introduction. 5069: 5065: 5055: 5044: 5040: 5017:10.2307/1159837 5002: 5001: 4997: 4987: 4976: 4972: 4967: 4962: 4952: 4929: 4915: 4907: 4899: 4889: 4878: 4862: 4852: 4829: 4821: 4813: 4805: 4795: 4784: 4778: 4767: 4757: 4739: 4723: 4713: 4687: 4679: 4671: 4660: 4642: 4637: 4631: 4626: 4621: 4492:PL headnoun (f) 4489:PL headnoun (m) 4483:SG headnoun (m) 4472: 4429: 4419: 4411: 4400: 4392: 4384: 4373: 4359: 4341: 4333: 4325: 4313: 4234: 4213:- thin, slender 4195:- thin, slender 4096: 4079: 4074: 4069: 4064: 4059: 4052: 4030: 3900: 3870:- Earth, ground 3833:- Male chicken 3753: 3748: 3743: 3738: 3733: 3732:) a long vowel: 3726: 3721: 3716: 3711: 3704: 3691: 3684: 3679: 3671: 3662: 3648: 3640: 3632: 3622: 3612: 3602: 3594: 3586: 3576: 3568: 3559: 3551: 3543: 3529: 3521: 3513: 3505: 3495: 3487: 3479: 3467: 3447: 3437: 3427: 3411: 3406: 3398: 3378: 3363: 3353: 3345: 3337: 3329: 3319: 3307: 3301: 3285: 3270: 3262: 3254: 3246: 3236: 3224: 3203: 3097: 3061:- "cattle tick" 2958:(m) "river" 2925: 2917: 2902: 2844: 2747: 2630: 2323: 2301: 2277: 2253: 2250: 2247: 2240: 2229: 2226: 2223: 2210: 2199: 2196: 2193: 2186: 2162: 2159: 2156: 2142: 2139: 2136: 2114: 2111: 2108: 2101: 2091: 2088: 2085: 2078: 2060: 2057: 2054: 2044: 2039: 2036: 1987: 1984: 1981: 1971: 1968: 1965: 1955: 1952: 1949: 1939: 1936: 1933: 1898: 1885:to be finished 1726:Short Consonant 1558: 1521: 1494: 1457: 1425: 1386: 1380: 1314: 1298: 1289: 1141:k'araa, kwansaa 1131:Southern Oromo 833:Southern Oromo 819: 473:maternal uncle 443:flower, leaves 351: 346: 314:Southern Oromo 276: 267: 232: 182: 166: 159: 144: 139: 133: 91: 88:Language family 86: 77: 76:Native speakers 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 6851: 6849: 6841: 6840: 6835: 6830: 6820: 6819: 6813: 6812: 6803: 6800: 6799: 6797: 6796: 6790: 6788: 6784: 6783: 6781: 6780: 6773: 6768: 6763: 6758: 6753: 6745: 6743: 6737: 6736: 6733: 6732: 6730: 6729: 6728: 6727: 6722: 6712: 6707: 6701: 6699: 6695: 6694: 6691: 6690: 6688: 6687: 6682: 6677: 6671: 6669: 6665: 6664: 6662: 6661: 6656: 6654:Southern Oromo 6651: 6646: 6641: 6635: 6629: 6623: 6622: 6619: 6618: 6616: 6615: 6610: 6603: 6598: 6592: 6590: 6584: 6583: 6581: 6580: 6575: 6574: 6573: 6568: 6558: 6557: 6556: 6551: 6541: 6536: 6531: 6526: 6521: 6515: 6513: 6504: 6495: 6489: 6488: 6486: 6485: 6480: 6475: 6470: 6465: 6460: 6455: 6449: 6447: 6441: 6440: 6438: 6437: 6432: 6431: 6430: 6427: 6424: 6421: 6418: 6415: 6407: 6401: 6399: 6393: 6392: 6390: 6389: 6384: 6383: 6382: 6377: 6365: 6360: 6354: 6352: 6346: 6345: 6340: 6338: 6337: 6330: 6323: 6315: 6306: 6305: 6303: 6302: 6297: 6291: 6289: 6285: 6284: 6282: 6281: 6275: 6273: 6272:Sign languages 6269: 6268: 6266: 6265: 6260: 6255: 6250: 6245: 6240: 6235: 6230: 6225: 6220: 6215: 6210: 6205: 6200: 6195: 6190: 6184: 6182: 6178: 6177: 6174: 6173: 6171: 6170: 6165: 6160: 6155: 6150: 6145: 6140: 6135: 6130: 6125: 6119: 6117: 6111: 6110: 6108: 6107: 6102: 6097: 6095:Southern Oromo 6092: 6087: 6082: 6077: 6072: 6067: 6062: 6057: 6052: 6046: 6044: 6038: 6037: 6035: 6034: 6029: 6024: 6019: 6014: 6009: 6004: 5999: 5994: 5989: 5984: 5979: 5974: 5969: 5964: 5959: 5954: 5949: 5944: 5939: 5934: 5928: 5926: 5917: 5911: 5910: 5908: 5907: 5902: 5896: 5894: 5890: 5889: 5884: 5882: 5881: 5874: 5867: 5859: 5853: 5852: 5846: 5833: 5824: 5803: 5797:Gragg (1982). 5792: 5789: 5786: 5785: 5773: 5761: 5749: 5737: 5725: 5713: 5701: 5689: 5677: 5662: 5647: 5632: 5620: 5608: 5596: 5584: 5569: 5557: 5545: 5533: 5512: 5493: 5476: 5467:, p. 364. 5457: 5438: 5426: 5411: 5399: 5387: 5385:, p. 132. 5375: 5363: 5351: 5339: 5327: 5315: 5313:, p. 109. 5303: 5301:, p. 108. 5291: 5279: 5267: 5255: 5248: 5230: 5198: 5179: 5151: 5139: 5127: 5115: 5098: 5075: 5063: 5038: 4995: 4978:Southern Oromo 4969: 4968: 4966: 4963: 4930: 4916: 4908: 4900: 4890: 4879: 4876: 4875: 4874: 4873: 4870: 4830: 4822: 4814: 4806: 4796: 4785: 4782: 4781: 4780: 4779: 4775: 4740: 4737: 4736: 4735: 4734: 4731: 4688: 4680: 4672: 4663:obboleettii-ni 4661: 4658: 4657: 4656: 4655: 4652: 4636: 4633: 4611: 4610: 4609:SG her, their 4607: 4602: 4597: 4591: 4584: 4583: 4580: 4574: 4568: 4562: 4555: 4554: 4551: 4545: 4539: 4533: 4526: 4525: 4522: 4516: 4510: 4504: 4497: 4496: 4493: 4490: 4487: 4486:SG heanoun (f) 4484: 4471: 4468: 4467: 4466: 4460: 4454: 4412: 4401: 4393: 4385: 4380: 4379: 4367:"I never met ( 4342: 4334: 4326: 4314: 4309: 4308: 4297: 4296: 4293: 4287: 4286: 4285:isaani, worra 4283: 4280: 4275: 4271: 4270: 4267: 4264: 4260: 4259: 4256: 4253: 4249: 4248: 4245: 4242: 4233: 4230: 4227: 4226: 4220: 4214: 4208: 4202: 4196: 4189: 4188: 4182: 4176: 4175:- narrow, thin 4170: 4164: 4158: 4151: 4150: 4144: 4138: 4132: 4126: 4120: 4095: 4092: 4029: 4026: 4016: 4015: 4010: 4006: 4005: 4000: 3996: 3995: 3990: 3986: 3985: 3980: 3976: 3975: 3970: 3966: 3965: 3960: 3956: 3955: 3950: 3946: 3945: 3940: 3936: 3935: 3930: 3926: 3925: 3920: 3916: 3915: 3910: 3878: 3877: 3874: 3871: 3865: 3858: 3857: 3854:dannabaa arbaa 3851: 3848: 3842: 3835: 3834: 3828: 3822: 3816: 3809: 3808: 3802: 3796: 3790: 3783: 3782: 3779: 3776: 3766: 3737:- "woman" 3710:- "house" 3683: 3680: 3649: 3641: 3633: 3628: 3627: 3614:woraabesa + ii 3603: 3595: 3587: 3582: 3581: 3552: 3544: 3530: 3522: 3514: 3506: 3496: 3488: 3480: 3475: 3474: 3466: 3463: 3455: 3454: 3451: 3441: 3431: 3410: 3407: 3364: 3354: 3346: 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2401: 2394: 2387: 2383: 2382: 2375: 2368: 2365: 2358: 2354: 2353: 2346: 2343: 2336: 2329: 2325: 2324: 2321: 2317: 2316: 2313: 2310: 2307: 2303: 2302: 2299: 2296: 2281:l, m, n, and r 2276: 2273: 2257: 2256: 2233: 2232: 2203: 2202: 2190:agaraa, agaraa 2180: 2166: 2165: 2145: 2126: 2118: 2117: 2094: 2072: 2064: 2063: 2047: 2030: 2022: 2021: 2018: 2015: 1991: 1990: 1978:jidduu, yidduu 1974: 1958: 1942: 1897: 1894: 1887: 1886: 1883: 1872: 1869: 1857: 1856: 1853: 1842: 1839: 1827: 1826: 1823: 1812: 1809: 1797: 1796: 1793: 1782: 1779: 1767: 1766: 1763: 1752: 1749: 1737: 1736: 1733: 1732:Long Consonant 1730: 1727: 1714: 1713: 1695: 1673: 1659: 1650: 1649: 1647: 1645: 1638: 1636: 1629: 1623: 1622: 1620: 1618: 1616: 1609: 1607: 1601: 1600: 1598: 1596: 1594: 1587: 1585: 1579: 1578: 1576: 1574: 1572: 1563: 1561: 1555: 1554: 1547: 1545: 1538: 1531: 1524: 1519: 1513: 1512: 1510: 1508: 1506: 1499: 1497: 1491: 1490: 1488: 1481: 1474: 1467: 1460: 1454: 1453: 1451: 1449: 1442: 1435: 1428: 1422: 1421: 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35: 34: 33:Southern Oromo 26: 24: 18:Southern Oromo 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 6850: 6839: 6836: 6834: 6831: 6829: 6826: 6825: 6823: 6810: 6806: 6801: 6795: 6792: 6791: 6789: 6785: 6779: 6778: 6774: 6772: 6769: 6767: 6764: 6762: 6759: 6757: 6754: 6752: 6751: 6747: 6746: 6744: 6742: 6738: 6726: 6723: 6721: 6718: 6717: 6716: 6713: 6711: 6708: 6706: 6703: 6702: 6700: 6696: 6686: 6683: 6681: 6678: 6676: 6673: 6672: 6670: 6666: 6660: 6657: 6655: 6652: 6650: 6647: 6645: 6642: 6640: 6639:Eastern Oromo 6637: 6636: 6633: 6630: 6628: 6624: 6614: 6611: 6609: 6608: 6604: 6602: 6599: 6597: 6594: 6593: 6591: 6589: 6585: 6579: 6576: 6572: 6569: 6567: 6564: 6563: 6562: 6559: 6555: 6552: 6550: 6547: 6546: 6545: 6544:Rendille–Boni 6542: 6540: 6537: 6535: 6532: 6530: 6527: 6525: 6522: 6520: 6517: 6516: 6514: 6512: 6508: 6505: 6503: 6499: 6496: 6494: 6490: 6484: 6481: 6479: 6476: 6474: 6471: 6469: 6466: 6464: 6461: 6459: 6456: 6454: 6451: 6450: 6448: 6446: 6445:Highland East 6442: 6436: 6433: 6428: 6425: 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5965: 5963: 5960: 5958: 5955: 5953: 5950: 5948: 5945: 5943: 5940: 5938: 5935: 5933: 5930: 5929: 5927: 5925: 5921: 5918: 5912: 5906: 5903: 5901: 5898: 5897: 5895: 5891: 5887: 5880: 5875: 5873: 5868: 5866: 5861: 5860: 5857: 5849: 5843: 5839: 5834: 5830: 5825: 5821: 5817: 5813: 5809: 5804: 5800: 5795: 5794: 5790: 5783:, p. 74. 5782: 5781:Stroomer 1995 5777: 5774: 5771:, p. 71. 5770: 5769:Stroomer 1995 5765: 5762: 5759:, p. 68. 5758: 5757:Stroomer 1995 5753: 5750: 5746: 5745:Stroomer 1995 5741: 5738: 5735:, p. 67. 5734: 5733:Stroomer 1995 5729: 5726: 5723:, p. 54. 5722: 5721:Stroomer 1995 5717: 5714: 5711:, p. 48. 5710: 5709:Stroomer 1995 5705: 5702: 5699:, p. 47. 5698: 5697:Stroomer 1995 5693: 5690: 5687:, p. 39. 5686: 5685:Stroomer 1995 5681: 5678: 5674: 5673:Stroomer 1995 5669: 5667: 5663: 5660:, p. 37. 5659: 5658:Stroomer 1995 5654: 5652: 5648: 5645:, p. 35. 5644: 5643:Stroomer 1995 5639: 5637: 5633: 5630:, p. 33. 5629: 5628:Stroomer 1995 5624: 5621: 5617: 5616:Stroomer 1995 5612: 5609: 5606:, p. 38. 5605: 5604:Stroomer 1987 5600: 5597: 5593: 5592:Stroomer 1995 5588: 5585: 5582:, p. 21. 5581: 5580:Stroomer 1995 5576: 5574: 5570: 5567:, p. 20. 5566: 5565:Stroomer 1995 5561: 5558: 5555:, p. 19. 5554: 5553:Stroomer 1995 5549: 5546: 5542: 5541:Stroomer 1995 5537: 5534: 5531:, p. 18. 5530: 5529:Stroomer 1995 5525: 5523: 5521: 5519: 5517: 5513: 5510:, p. 17. 5509: 5508:Stroomer 1995 5504: 5502: 5500: 5498: 5494: 5491:, p. 16. 5490: 5489:Stroomer 1995 5485: 5483: 5481: 5477: 5472: 5466: 5461: 5458: 5455:, p. 15. 5454: 5453:Stroomer 1995 5449: 5447: 5445: 5443: 5439: 5435: 5434:Stroomer 1995 5430: 5427: 5423: 5422:Stroomer 1995 5418: 5416: 5412: 5408: 5403: 5400: 5397:, p. 10. 5396: 5395:Stroomer 1995 5391: 5388: 5384: 5379: 5376: 5372: 5367: 5364: 5360: 5359:Stroomer 1995 5355: 5352: 5348: 5347:Stroomer 1995 5343: 5340: 5336: 5335:Stroomer 1995 5331: 5328: 5324: 5323:Stroomer 1995 5319: 5316: 5312: 5311:Stroomer 1987 5307: 5304: 5300: 5299:Stroomer 1987 5295: 5292: 5289:, p. 59. 5288: 5287:Stroomer 1995 5283: 5280: 5277:, p. 58. 5276: 5275:Stroomer 1995 5271: 5268: 5264: 5263:Stroomer 1995 5259: 5256: 5251: 5245: 5241: 5234: 5231: 5216: 5209: 5202: 5199: 5194: 5190: 5183: 5180: 5168: 5161: 5155: 5152: 5148: 5143: 5140: 5136: 5135:Stroomer 1995 5131: 5128: 5124: 5119: 5116: 5112: 5111:Stroomer 1995 5107: 5105: 5103: 5099: 5094: 5090: 5086: 5079: 5076: 5072: 5071:Stroomer 1995 5067: 5064: 5059: 5053: 5052: 5047: 5042: 5039: 5034: 5030: 5026: 5022: 5018: 5014: 5010: 5006: 4999: 4996: 4991: 4985: 4984: 4979: 4974: 4971: 4964: 4961: 4958: 4955: 4951: 4933: 4928: 4919: 4914: 4911: 4906: 4903: 4898: 4893: 4888: 4882: 4871: 4868: 4864: 4863: 4861: 4858: 4855: 4851: 4833: 4828: 4825: 4820: 4817: 4812: 4809: 4804: 4799: 4794: 4788: 4776: 4773: 4769: 4768: 4766: 4763: 4760: 4756: 4743: 4732: 4729: 4725: 4724: 4722: 4719: 4716: 4712: 4691: 4690:(h)in-d'uf-ti 4686: 4683: 4678: 4675: 4670: 4664: 4653: 4650: 4646: 4645: 4644: 4640: 4634: 4632: 4629: 4624: 4619: 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Index

Southern Oromo
Kenya
Ethiopia
Somalia
Borana Oromo
Sakuye
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Cushitic
Lowland East
Oromoid
Oromo
Writing system
Latin
ISO 639-3
gax
Glottolog
bora1271
Oromo
Ethiopia
Kenya
Borana people
Sakuye
Kenya
Labial
Dental
Alveolar
Palatal
Velar
Glottal

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