Afro-Asiatic family
Oromo
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Oromo (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Cushitic → Proto-East Cushitic → Oromo.
See Oromo on the interactive map- Speakers
- 37M (37,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- orm
Lowland East Cushitic; the most widely spoken Cushitic language, in Ethiopia and northern Kenya. A macrolanguage (orm) grouping several varieties.
Lineage
- Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Cushiticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-East Cushiticc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Oromoc. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-East Cushitic.