"om" . . "orm" . . "''Afaan Oromoo"@en . . "Oromiffa(a)''"@en . "Oromo"@en . . . "orm" . . "Oromo (pron. /\u02C8\u0252r\u0259mo\u028A/ or /\u0254\u02D0\u02C8ro\u028Amo\u028A/) is an Afroasiatic language. It is the most widely spoken tongue in the family's Cushitic branch. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by more than 24 million Oromo and neighboring peoples in Ethiopia and parts of northern Kenya. Oromo is a dialect continuum; not all varieties are mutually intelligible. Older publications often refer to the language as Galla, a term that is considered pejorative and no longer used."@en .