Oromo History

Have English and Oromoo languages

(Oromoo)

Ka'umsi Oromoo eessaa akka ta'e sirriitti hubachuuf qorannoon dabalataa barbaachisuyyuu, Oromoon jalqabarratti akka horsiisee-bulaatti fi/ykn gartokkeen qotee-bulaatti jiraachaa ture jedhamee amanama. Qorattoonni seenaa baayyen gosoonni Oromoo (Baale) muraasni fiixee-kibbaa Itoophiyaa har'aa keessa waggaa kumaa ol jiraacha akka turan walii galu. Qoratoonni kun Godaansi Oromoo daldalaan-dhiibbame ummata Oromoo gara bakka har'a jiraatan walakkaa fi dhihaa Itooophiyaa jaarraa 16ffaa fi 17ffaatti akka fide dubbatu. Kaartaan durii kan impaayera Aaksum/Abisiniyaa fi Adaal/Sumaalee Oromoon gara walakkaa Itoophiyaa har'aatti haaraa ta'uu agarsiisa.

(English)

The Oromo are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya, who speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia. According to the last Ethiopian census of 2007, the Oromo numbered 25,488,344 people or 34.5% of the Ethiopian population. Recent estimates have the Oromo compromising 35.8% of the estimated 116,000,000 Ethiopian population placing Oromos at a population of 41,000,000

The Oromo people traditionally used the gadaa system as the primary form of governance. A leader is elected by the gadaa system and their term lasts eight years, with an election taking place at the end of those eight years. Although most modern Oromos are Muslims and Christians, about 3% practice Waaqeffanna, the native ancient monotheistic religion of Oromos. The large numbers of Oromo today is thanks to the fact that in every province which the Oromo invaded and settled they assimilated (oromonised) the indigenous people of the provinces. The Oromo have assimilated more non-Oromo people into their ethnicity, than they were in fact assimilated by other ethnicities.