Orma
Orma is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Kenya.
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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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Words in Orma
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nama* | |
| name | maka* | |
| eye | ila* | |
| ear | gura* | |
| nose | funani* | |
| tooth | ilkani* | |
| tongue | araba* | |
| hand | harka* | |
| blood | diga* | |
| bone | lafeti* | |
| skin | goga* | |
| knee | jilba* | |
| breast | harma* | |
| liver | tiru* | |
| water | bisani* | |
| fire | ibida* | |
| sun | adu* | |
| star | urji* | |
| stone | dakaCa* | |
| mountain | tuliCa* | |
| tree | muka* | |
| leaf | kola* | |
| night | halkani* | |
| dog | sare* | |
| fish | kurtumi* | |
| louse | injirani* | |
| one | tokoCa* | |
| two | lama* | |
| I | ani* | |
| you | ati* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- WaataAfro-Asiatic79% alike
- Borana-Arsi-Guji OromoAfro-Asiatic78% alike
- Eastern OromoAfro-Asiatic75% alike
- OromoAfro-Asiatic58% alike
- DirashaAfro-Asiatic28% alike
- BurjiAfro-Asiatic27% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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