The Jeliya catalogue uses Afaan Oromoo / Oromo. Glottolog indexes the corresponding language grouping as Nuclear Oromo (nucl1736). This is a grouping, not a claim that all its varieties share one standard. [1]
Draft — awaiting native-speaker review
Oromo has several regional varieties. Qubee is a Latin-based orthography.
Opening retained from the existing catalogue; awaiting editorial and speaker review.The Jeliya catalogue uses Afaan Oromoo / Oromo. Glottolog indexes the corresponding language grouping as Nuclear Oromo (nucl1736). This is a grouping, not a claim that all its varieties share one standard. [1]
No dated, scope-checked speaker estimate has been approved for this page.
The catalogue classification follows this sequence: Afro-Asiatic → Cushitic → East Cushitic → Lowland East Cushitic → Southern Lowland East Cushitic → Mainstream Lowland East Cushitic → Oromoid. [1]
Awaiting a cited, language-specific contribution and speaker review.
Qubee is Latin-based; doubled letters are meaningful. Digraphs function as spelling units. Keep apostrophes and length distinctions in search results and review cards.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.Five basic vowel qualities /a e i o u/, each short or long; consonant gemination is contrastive. Pitch accent/tone patterns vary by grammatical form and variety. Practise c /tʃʼ/, q /kʼ/, ph /pʼ/, ch /tʃ/ and implosive dh /ɗ/ with a source recording.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.A reviewed alphabet, sound-by-sound IPA guide and reference recordings are still needed.
Awaiting a cited, language-specific contribution and speaker review.
Subject–object–verb; suffixing case, gender/number agreement and verb inflection. Subject marking and focus must be learned from examples.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.Written Afaan Oromo in Qubee; choose a spoken regional variety
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.Named child varieties in this record include Arsi, Yaabelloo, Borana, Gabra, Guji, Kereyu, Sakuye, Salale, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Munyo, Nuclear Orma, Orma (Kenya). These labels do not select Jeliya’s teaching variety. [1]
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Search the everyday spelling and check tone-marked forms. ɛ, ɔ, ɲ and ŋ are letters, not removable accents. Search tolerance does not mean two spellings are the same word. Save an entry to keep its stable identity in your wordbook.
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Last revision: 10/12/2026
Harald Hammarström, Robert Forkel, Martin Haspelmath and Sebastian Bank
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Source checked: 10/12/2026