Orma language

{{short description|Variety of the Oromo language spoken in Kenya}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Orma

| states = Kenya

| region = Tana River District, Lamu District, Kilifi District

| ethnicity = Orma

| speakers = {{sigfig|92,100|2}}

| date = 2019 census

| ref = e26

| dia1 = Munyo

| dia2 = Orma

| script = Latin

| familycolor = Afro-Asiatic

| fam2 = Cushitic

| fam3 = Lowland East

| fam4 = Oromoid

| fam5 = Oromo

| fam6 = Southern Oromo?

| iso3 = orc

| glotto = orma1241

| glottorefname = Orma

}}

Orma is a variety of the Oromo language spoken by the Orma people in Kenya. It is a dialect of Southern Oromo.

References

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  • Hoskins (2011) [http://www-01.sil.org/silewp/2011/silewp2011-007.pdf?_ga=GA1.2.1703917896.1424485915 Phonology of the Orma language]

{{Languages of Kenya}}

{{Cushitic languages}}

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Category:Languages of Kenya

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Category:Oromo groups