Oromanian [ORM]
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Language type
Other
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Oromanian[view] Lak molajg omoa donajry lak hem mormuj et ic adye, os lak heg podjeqajry lak hem mormuj et ic laciy he fewtadj.
Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.[view all texts]
Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Oromanian
Some sound samples of Oromanian. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Nye kria.
Don't cry.
Don't cry.
Hutyai ajg, awkasin ro nya nyc ridiwt mapwer. Afektiv, nya doce in griw.
Leave me alone, for you know this isn’t the first time. In fact, this is twice in a row.
Leave me alone, for you know this isn’t the first time. In fact, this is twice in a row.
Zoblejki ykaret ploiski mat yraspuqe klar.
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
Barvat adj ykopig nyc mankan.
My husband doesn't eat children.
My husband doesn't eat children.
Rau lat mat fuera.
the river is wide and strong
the river is wide and strong
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | [d̪]2 | t | d | k | g | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | [ð]3 | s | [z]4 | ʃ | ʒ | ɣ | h | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /d/
- allophone of /d/
- allophone of /s/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | [e]1 | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||
| Open | ɑ | |||
| Polyphthongs | oi | ɑi |
- allophone of /ɛ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Oromanian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 OromanianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa Aa ala /ɑ/ | AY ay AY ay ayo /ɑi/ | Bb Bb babat /b/ | Cc Cc co /t͡s/ | Dd Dd draide /d/, [d̪], [ð] | DJ dj DJ dj djablat /d͡ʒ/ | Ee Ee el /ɛ/, [e] | Ff Ff fet /f/ | Gg Gg ogo /g/ | G' g' G' g' ogo /ɣ/ |
| Hh Hh hakenya /h/ | Ii Ii il /i/ | Jj Jj jastaj /ʒ/ | Kk Kk kask /k/ | Ll Ll lat /l/ | Mm Mm om /m/ | Nn Nn on /n/, [ŋ] | Oo Oo oms /o/ | OI oi OI oi oiy /oi/ | Pp Pp poi /p/ |
| Qq Qq qasna /t͡ʃ/ | Rr Rr or /ɾ/ | Ss Ss os /s/ | Tt Tt tat /t/ | Uu Uu ulu /u/ | Vv Vv voi /v/ | Ww Ww owt /ʃ/ | Yy Yy yastay /j/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
