Oromo-english/ English-oromo Dictionary & Phrasebook

Oromo is spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo and neighboring peoples in Ethiopia and Kenya. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, students, and aid workers, this guide includes 4,000 dictionary entries; essential phrases on topics such as transportation, dining out, and business; and concise grammar and pronunciation sections.

Summary

Oromo is spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo and neighboring peoples in Ethiopia and Kenya. Oromo is the fourth most widely spoken language in Africa. Also known as Afaan Oromo, Oromiffa(a), and sometimes in other languages by variant spellings of these names (Oromic, Afan Oromo), Oromo is an Afro-Asiatic language.

This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to Ethiopia with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, students, and aid workers, this guide includes:

• 4,000 dictionary entries, with phonetics that are intuitive for English speakers
  
• Essential phrases on topics such as transportation, dining out, and business
  
• Concise grammar and pronunciation sections.
  

Product details

• Authors: Amanuel Alemayehu Ayanso, Aquilina (COM) Mawadza
• Assisted by: Mawadza (Editor)
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780781813624
• ISBN: 978-0-7818-1362-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Sprachführer, Wörterbücher, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks, Afrikanische Sprachen, Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Dictionaries, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / African Languages (see also Swahili)