Oromo is the most widely spoken Cushitic language and among the five languages of Africa with the largest mother-tongue populations. It is also spoken by smaller numbers of emigrants in other African countries such as South Africa, Libya, Egypt and Sudan. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by an additional half-million people in parts of northern and eastern Kenya. With more than 36 million speakers making up 33.8% of the total Ethiopian population, Oromo has the largest number of native speakers in Ethiopia, and ranks as the second most widely spoken language in Ethiopia by total number of speakers (including second-language speakers) following Amharic. It is used as a lingua franca particularly in Ethiopia and northeastern Kenya. It is native to the Ethiopian state of Oromia and spoken predominantly by the Oromo people and neighbouring ethnic groups in the Horn of Africa. Oromo ( / ˈ ɒr əm oʊ/ or / ɔː ˈ r oʊ m oʊ/ Oromo: Afaan Oromoo), in the linguistic literature of the early 20th century also called Galla (a name with a pejorative meaning and therefore rejected by the Oromo people ), is an Afroasiatic language that belongs to the Cushitic branch. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Areas in East Africa where Oromo is spoken
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