Oromo, West Central

• Alternate names: Afan Oromo, "Galla", Oromiffa, Oromoo
• Scriptures published: Bible (1899--1998) New Testament (1876--1995) Portions (1841--1981)
• Literacy: Literacy rate in first language: 1%--5%. Literacy rate in second language: 22%. Taught in primary schools
• Primary country: Ethiopia
• Region: West and central Oromiya Region; Rift Valley escarpment east of Dessie and Woldiya
• Also used in: Egypt
• Religion: Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim
• Livelihood: Agriculturalists: variety of crops, spices, coffee; animal husbandry; miners; tourism; textiles; meat packing; refineries
• Status: Statutory provincial working language in Ethiopia
• Number of users: 8,922,200

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Oromo, West Central
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Oromo, West Central on the web
• Joshua Project: Oromo, West Central — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Oromo, West Central — detailed linguistic information.
• Survey Reports at sil.org:
  • Fast linguistic assessment of multilingualism in Ethiopia (F.L.A.M.E.): a progress report
  • Oromo sentence repetition test and its development
  • Sociolinguistic survey report of the Zay language area
  • Sociolinguistic survey report on the Amuru area of Ethiopia