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What is Oromo and where is it spoken?

Oromo (Afaan Oromoo) is a Cushitic language of the Afroasiatic family, spoken by around 37 million people, primarily in the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of northern Kenya. It is one of Ethiopia's federal working languages alongside Amharic, Afar, Somali and Tigrinya. The historic Gada system, a generational form of socio-political organisation, is closely associated with Oromo culture.

What grammar features does Oromo have?

Oromo has SOV word order, two grammatical genders (masculine, feminine), six cases (nominative, absolutive, genitive, dative, ablative, instrumental), and verbs marked for tense, person and gender. Vowel and consonant length are contrastive — dura 'before' vs duura 'pregnancy'. Since 1991 it is written in the Latin-based Qubee alphabet, which uses doubled letters for long sounds rather than diacritics.