Eastern Oromo language
| Eastern Oromo | |
|---|---|
| Harar[1] | |
| Region | Ethiopia |
Native speakers | (4.5 million[dubious – discuss] cited 1994 census)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hae |
| Glottolog | east2652 |
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.[3]
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.[4]
References
- ^ Distinguish Harari
- ^ a b Eastern Oromo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "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.