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| | Oromo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Particularly Emperor Iyoas I (1730-55) favored his mother's Oromo kinsmen and allies, and in his era, the Oromo language was the language of the court in Gondar. | | | Under gadaa, every eight years the Oromo would hold a popular assembly called the Gumi Gayo, at which laws were established for the following eight years. | | | Their leader Mohammed became lord Mikael and later made an imperial marriage, becoming the father of Emperor Iyasu V. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo
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| | EthnoMed: Oromo Cultural Profile |
| | Traditionally, the father picks Oromo children's names but the mother has great influence in naming the daughter of the family. | | | In the early 1990's, with the aid of the United States' government, the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) dominated the ruling government of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic (EPRDF), and joined with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in co-authoring a democratic charter. | | | A person who proved himself for the five stages would become the father of the country, if given the majority vote. |
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http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/cultures/oromo/oromo_cp.html
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| | MPR: Oromo immigrants strive to be heard |
| | Robsan Etana is a member of the Oromo Citizens Council centered in St. Paul. | | | The tree isn't native to Minnesota, but the Oromo Center in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside area could serve the same purpose for the immigrants who live here. | | | One of the largest populations of Ethiopian immigrants in the United States has settled in the Twin Cities metro area. |
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http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/04/27_hughesa_oromo
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| | Welcome to the Oromo and Oromia News Page |
| | Prime Minister Meles Zenawi today, in his message to the Ethiopian Parliament unequivocally stated that the Ethiopian Government has not consented to an investigation in the nature reported by the Honorable Hillary Ben. | | | The vast majority of Minnesota's immigrants, almost84 percent, settled in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. | | | This contravenes the UN Charter that bans the use of force by |
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http://www.oromoamerican.org/news.htm
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| | Oromo community of Georgia |
| | The state of Georgia is home to more than 2000 Oromo nationals. | | | The first Oromo nationals started arriving in the state of Georgia in the early 1980’s. | | | The majority of them came to escape political, economical and cultural persecution by the successive Ethiopian regimes. |
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http://oromocommunityofgeorgia.org
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| | Oromo Communities Protest Letter |
| | 25 Oromo communities around the world wrote on January 5, 2004, an appeal letter to different diplomatic missions and international organizations to pressure the Ethiopian government to reverse the decision to evict Oromo institutions from Finfinne. | | | This ill-considered decision is bound to be a major cause for further instability in the country as well as the Horn. | | | The letter was sent to the United Nations Secretary General, European Union Delegation in Finfinne, African Union, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), United States Senate and House Committees on Foreign Relations, and many diplomatic missions based in Finfinne. |
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http://www.voicefinfinne.org/English/PressRelease/appeal_letter.html
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| | The Oromo People and Oromia |
| | This appears to be part of the spread of Kushitic civilization. | | | The observance of Gadaa ceremonies has been prohibited by proclamation. | | | From his writing, it is evident that he was biased against Oromo. |
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http://www.oromo.org/osg/oromo.htm
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| | Oromo (Boorana) Religion |
| | General information about the Oromo can be obtained from The Oromo Studies Association, Department of History, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083, U.S.A. | | | By 1896, the Oromo were by force made subjects of the Abyssinian king Menelik II, after he defeated the Italian army at the battle of Adwa. | | | While most of them would practice their Oromo religion, they also combine traditional practices with Islamic and Christian religious practices. |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/sub/oromo.html
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| | Oromo language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The phonemes /p/, /v/ and /z/ appear in parentheses because they are only found in recent loan words. | | | [3] Within Ethiopia, Oromo is the language with the second most first-language speakers (31.6% vs. 32.7% for Amharic). | | | This page was last modified 20:45, 19 March 2006. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_language
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| | OSA - Oromo Studies Association |
| | It is a highly developed democratic system, based on election of leaders every eight years. | | | The Oromo Studies Association (OSA) is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary, nonprofit organization registered in the United States of America. | | | Elected gada officials held public offices only for a single eight year period. |
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http://www.oromostudies.org
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| | Welcome to my Web site |
| | According to the Oromo Community Center of Minnesota, there are an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Oromos currently relocated in the Twin Cities alone, arguably making this state the second home after Oromia. | | | In recent years, Minnesota has become a home for many immigrants from around the world and a big portion of these are Africans. | | | A primary example of a rapidly growing community in Minnesota is the Oromo community. |
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http://www.oromiannationalacademy.com
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| | UOSE Protests Ethiopia's Harrassment of Oromo Students |
| | Any Oromo who demands her or his basic right is immediately branded as a sympathiser of Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and persecuted. | | | It is not new that the Tigrean led minority government has consistently waged war on the Oromo and other peoples, violating their human rights and depriving them of personal security. | | | As we write this letter, young university and high school students and their teachers are peacefully demonstrating against the brutality of the Tigrean led minority regime. |
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http://www.oromo.com/News/ProtestLetter.htm
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| | Oromo Community in Canada Critizes Ethiopian Embassy |
| | Oromo: Amnesty International urges Ethiopia to respect and protect the human rights during the 15 May 2005 elections | | | On March 10, 2005 the Ethiopian television reported that the Ethiopian ambassador to Canada briefed members of Oromo community here and, reportedly, they expressed their support for the activities of the government back home. | | | We also know that thousands of Oromo political prisoners are kept behind the bar illegally. |
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http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=61&par=2220
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| | Ethiopia on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The Ethiopian emperor Lebna Dengel (reigned 1508-40) appealed to Portugal for help against the Somalis (a Portuguese embassy had reached the Ethiopian court in 1520). | | | By the end of 1999 virtually all the Falashas who were practicing Jews had had been flown to Israel. | | | A substantial number of Ethiopians speak English, which is commonly taught in school. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/ethiopia_history.asp
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| | OROMO AMERICAN CITIZENS COUNCIL (OACC) |
| | Oromo American Citizens Council is a non-profit and non-political organization. | | | The purpose of OACC is to educate and motivate Oromo American and others in order to encourage them to participate in the social and political process locally and nationally so as to promote racial and economic justice towards all people but with a special emphasis on East Africa and the people of Ethiopia. | | | It is established in 2002 to link Oromo population in Local and National American political system. |
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http://www.oromoamerican.org
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| | ::Oromo Chronology @ Gadaa.com - Before 1853:: |
| | For a few years, the Rayya, Yejju and Wallo Oromo warriors stayed in the Gondar court. | | | Limmu, the first of the five Gibe States (Limmu, Guuma, Gomma, Geera and Jimma), was formed. | | | Several Oromo Kingdoms and Confederations Existed Before 1853 |
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http://gadaa.com/regimes.html
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| | On the Oromo Factor in the Ethiopian-Eritrean War |
| | The Oromo struggled, protested, fought and negotiated to be recognized in their own right by both Eritreans and the United States. | | | They wanted their self-determination and independence at the time that the Tigray (TPLF/EPRDF) was recognized by the United States to take over from the Dergue in 1991. | | | Oromo nationalists were the vast majority in the country and Oromo nationalist sentiment was high. |
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http://www.oromia.org/hqloltu3.htm
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| | Oromo Liberation Front |
| | January 26, 2006 (Daily Nation) - The Oromo Liberation Front is compelled to respond to a letter by the Ethiopian ambassador to Kenya, Mr. | | | January 27, 2006 (andnetwork.com) - 10 Ethiopian soldiers who arrived in Eritrea opposing the TPLF regime said that it is perpetrating acts of repression against the population. | | | January 28, 2006 (Oromia) - On January 25, 2006 jailed university students and leaders of the Macha and Tulama Association (MTA), the oldest Oromo NGO in Ethiopia, appeared in court after over two years of detention without hearing. |
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http://www.oromoliberationfront.org
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| | MAR Data Assessment for Oromo in Ethiopia |
| | Historically, they had never formed one Oromo state, but were organized into smaller units of clans or villages. | | | Oromo civilians have also taken to the streets frequently in small-scale protests (PROT99 and PROT00 = 3 with PROT01-03 = 2) to argue for greater political rights and proportionate representation in Ethiopian universities. | | | With the continued insurgency in the south, even Oromo unaffiliated with militant and violent organizations are still targeted and subject to governmental abuse and detention. |
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http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=53004
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| | Oromo Community Organization - Washington DC |
| | Oromo Community Organization - Washington DC "We are one people and will act as one." | | | Oromo Community Organization P. Box 73972 Washington, D.C. 20056 Tel. | | | Hawaasnii Oromoo Naannoo Waashington sagantaa Radio "Sagalee Oromoo Nannoo Waashington" jedhuu Bitootessa tokko (March 1, 2003) eegale akka jalqabee gammachuutiin isin beeksifnaa. |
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http://www.oromoco.org/sagalee.htm
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| | Oromo Nationalist III |
| | Lej Iyyasu, besides being of Oromo origin himself, followed a policy that was radically different from that of his grandfather (Menelik) and those of his successors (the nominal Empress Zewditu (1916-1930) and Emperor Haile Selassie (1930-1974). | | | Among the Oromo in Hararghe the immense popularity of Shaykh Bakrii derived from his poems in Afaan Oromoo and his invention of a writing system. | | | It was this measure which sparked his long search for an alternative mechanism for educating Oromo children. |
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http://www.oromiannationalacademy.com/oro_nationalist_3.htm
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| | Oromo Religion |
| | Faajjii Walaabuu is a tricolour emblem with white, red, and white hues. | | | This philosophical, political and religious thought of the Oromo is embodied in their emblem, the Faajjii Walaabuu. | | | Oromos refer to this concept of peace and order of Waaq as safuu. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/2379/oreligion.html
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| | Oromo on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Sisai Ibssa Dies at 60; Advocate For the Oromo People of Africa | | | Comparing the African American and Oromo movements in the global context. | | | Fighting against the Injustice of the State and Globalization: Comparing the African American and Oromo Movements.(Book Review) |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/O/Oromo.asp
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| | Ogaden rebel group welcomes formation of new Oromo rebel alliance |
| | Liberation Front, IFLO, the Oromo Liberation Council, OLC, the Oromo Liberation Front, OLF, the Oromo Peoples Liberation Organization, OPLO, and the United Oromo Peopleandapos;s Liberation Front,UOPLF, and the formation of the joint United Liberation Front of Oromiya, ULFO. | | | Reports reaching Radio Freedom also confirms that all the Oromo forces, namely, the IFLO, OLC, OLF, OPLO, and UOPLF have formed an alliance called ULFO and have elected Gen Wako Guto as the chairman of the united Oromo front. | | | The ONLF also would like to appeal to the international community to condemn the acts of the Ethiopian regime such as the torture and killings of the people of Ogaden, Oromiya, Sidamo and others. |
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http://www.ogaden.com/ogaden_Oromo.htm
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| | Oromo - The Forgotten People |
| | Created in 1973, the OLF fought for years alongside the Tigrian Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Eritrea Peoples Liberation Front (EPLF) against the government of President Mengistu Haile Miriam, which finally fell in May1991. | | | Today, the two veterans are optimistic that they will live to see "Oromia" liberated, and a new government in Addis Ababa. | | | he Oromo Liberation Movement (OLF) which claims to represent the 28 million people of Oromo (who make up nearly half of the total population of Ethiopia), has, for the past year, intensified its armed struggle against the government in Addis Ababa. |
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http://www.oromiaonline.com/News/OromoTheForgottenPeople.htm
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| | Oromo.htm |
| | Today there are more than 250,000 Oromo refugees throughout Africa. | | | The Oromo, the largest ethnic group, comprise 50%-60% or about 25 million of the population of the Ethiopian Empire State. | | | Some sources suggest that up to 20,000 Oromo people are still political prisoners. |
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http://www.flw.com/languages/oromo.htm
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| | Oromo groups agree to work for Oromiya independence -Eritrean radio |
| | The United Oromo People's Liberation Front [UOPLF], the Oromo Liberation Front [OLF], the Islamic Oromo Liberation Front [IOLF] and the Oromo Liberation Council [OLC] have announced that they will struggle together for the liberation of Oromiya. | | | They also said the OLF leaders had hindered the mass mobilization of | | | In their meeting from 20th-25th July, the leaders of the four fronts concluded that the differences between the various organizations had brought about big obstacles in the struggle of the Oromo people. |
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http://www.ogaden.com/Oromo_groups.htm
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| | The Oromo Orthography of Shaykh Bakri Sapalo |
| | To the left of each row of graphic forms appears the consonant letter corresponding to what we shall term the `consonant base' for the forms of that row. | | | A summary of Shaykh Bakri Sapalo life is made in the paper as well, while an interesting recounting of the events in the noble man's life that influenced his creation of the script, those details are largely omitted here for brevity, the reader is then referred to the original paper. | | | Having developed the alphabet, the Shaykh taught it to all his students and to others as well. |
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http://www.abyssiniacybergateway.net/fidel/ShaykhBakriSapalo
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| | Oromo |
| | If the government is representative, why it can't represent Oromo or any other nation of the state? | | | If you read my message you notice that I am critical of the government which made no changes after the recent war lessons, including the nationalities policies. | | | Even the federative status is not clear although by any logical standard Ethiopia should be a federal republic. |
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http://sellassie.ourfamily.com/politics/oromo.html
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| | Afaan Oromo language, alphabet and pronunciation |
| | Until the 1970s, Afaan Oromo was written with either the Ge'ez script or the Latin alphabet Then during the early 1970s, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) chose the Latin alphabet as the official alphabet to write Afaan Oromo. | | | On 3rd November 1991 the OLF convened a meeting of over 1,000 Oromo intellectuals to decide which alphabet to use to write Afaan Ormo. | | | Between 1974 and 1991 under the Mengistu regime the writing of Afaan Oromo in any script was forbidden, though limited usage of the Ge'ez script was allowed. |
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http://www.omniglot.com/writing/oromo.htm
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| | African Languages - Krio, Pidgin, Lingala, Oromo (ASC)(MSU) |
| | Gragg (personal communication, 1984) states that "a written standard using the Ethiopia syllabary is gradually being evolved." | | | Oromo belongs to the Lowland East Cushitic family (Oromo subgroup) and is spoken in the southern half of Ethiopia as well as mostly in Eastern Province, Kenya. | | | It is broadcast over the Voice of Revolutionary Ethiopia, and there is a weekly newspaper, Berisa, in Oromo. |
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http://isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/language5.htm
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| | Oromo Language |
| | Afaan Oromo uses the Roman alphabet but it has its own consonants and vowels. | | | Today, Afaan Oromo is spoken in most parts of Ethiopia, some parts in Kenya and is arguably the second largest language in Africa. | | | Afaan Oromo vowels are represented by the five letters, a, e, o, u and i. |
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http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/cultures/oromo/alphabet.html
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| | PA Oromo Youth Association |
| | Pennsylvania Oromo Youth Association, (POYA) is a non-political, non-religious, association which aims to build and strengthen solidarity of Oromo youth in the United States as well as to provide support for Oromo's in the native land of Oromia. | | | POYA members like to thank Pastor Gemechis Desta, Professor Asefa Jalata, Lubee Birru, and Abba Biyya for there lesson about Oromo Political Culture and Religious Experience. | | | November 27th 2004 discussion and lesson on Oromo Political Cultural and Religious Experience. |
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http://www.youngpaoromo.com
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| | Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Oromo |
| | The Oromo Project is designed to conduct fact-finding interviews in Minnesota about human rights abuses against the Oromo people in Ethiopia with the goal of raising awareness and providing information for advocacy efforts to improve the human rights situation in Ethiopia. | | | The Oromo Project presents Minnesota Advocates with the opportunity to bring a human rights issue that directly affects as many as 10,000 ethnic Oromo members of our local community into global discussion by documenting systematic human rights violations. | | | The fact-finding interviews will provide the basis to assess the human rights situation of the Oromos, focusing principally on the time period of year 2000 to the present, against international human rights standards that are binding on Ethiopia. |
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http://www.mnadvocates.org/Oromo.html
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| | Facts about the Oromo of East Africa |
| | With universal male training in warfare, the Oromo remained independent until the last decade of the 19th century. | | | The Oromo are Cushitic (Kushitic) people who live in the east African region known as the horn of Africa since ancient times. | | | For this reason an Oromo typically can trace at least seven of her/his for-fathers. |
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http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Oromo.html
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| | A World in Two Cities |
| | They now live in the Twin Cities area, and are an active part of the growing Oromo immigrant community in Minneapolis and the surrounding area. | | | and administer [the faith] through song." Members of the Rehoboth Choir have been working to do just that, by communicating with and visiting Oromo communities throughout the United States, and taking part in many activities in the Minneapolis area to spread their music and faith. | | | The Rehoboth International Oromo Choir was formed in February 1999 by four sisters originally from Oromia, an as-yet unrecognized country largely within the borders of modern day Ethiopia. |
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http://www.cla.umn.edu/twocities/rprojs/lutheran/oromo.asp
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| | The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles |
| | Composed of approximately a dozen tribal clusters, the Galla prefer the term "Oromo" when speaking of themselves. | | | The Galla, also called the Oromo, are the largest, most widely dispersed people group in Ethiopia. | | | To them, the term "Galla" has a derogatory connotation. |
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http://www.ksafe.com/profiles/p_code4/2200.html
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| | Welcome to Oromia Support League |
| | The founder of human rights organization Amnesty International, Peter Benenson, has died aged 83: | | | You come to the right place, please support Oromo! | | | and type text " Oromo" in search, then you will be able to see the Oromos are discussing. |
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http://www.oromiasupportleague.org
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| | Oromo Translation - Translate Oromo Language Translator |
| | Ethnic groups: Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigray 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1% Religions: Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8% See also: Tewahedo Church, Coptic Christianity Languages: Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaraginga, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools) Literacy: | | | The Oromo, Amhara, and Tigreans make up more than three-fourths of the population, but there are more than 80 different ethnic groups within Ethiopia. | | | LeoSam Translations's Oromo translation teams are professional linguists performing translation from English to Oromo and Oromo to English for a variety of documents in various industries including: |
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http://www.translation-services-usa.com/languages/oromo.shtml
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| | Ethnologue 14 report for language code:GAZ |
| | It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). | | | Oromo Region, West and Central Ethiopia, and along the Rift Valley escarpment east of Dessie and Woldiya. |
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http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=GAZ
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| | Oromo mythology - definition of Oromo mythology in Encyclopedia |
| | Searchword not found in the selected dictionary, but you can try the following: | | | Embed a dictionary search in your own web page | | | Oromo mythology - definition of Oromo mythology in Encyclopedia |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Oromo_mythology
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