Orma is a variety of the Oromo language spoken by the Orma people in Kenya. It is a dialect of Southern Oromo.
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Native to | Kenya |
Region | Tana River District, Garissa District |
Ethnicity | Orma |
Native speakers | 66,000 (2009 census)[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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ISO 639-3 | orc |
Glottolog | orma1241 |
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