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# Afan Oromo: A Guide to Speaking the Language of Oromo People in Ethiopia

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Review: Great guide for learning Afan Oromo- accessible and meets you where you're at! - I spent 2 years in Ethiopia and learned some Afan Oromo, but lost it pretty quickly once I got back to the U.S. A couple years later, I got an opportunity through my university to do an intensive Oromo language class in Ethiopia over the summer. I picked up this book to brush up on my Oromo before the class started, but ended up using it throughout the whole summer to complement the class. The book is very accessible and structured in a way where you can use it as a type of "crash course" or just dig around for certain things you need (vocabulary, essential phrases, conjugation, etc.). As the author says in the intro, the Oromo language is an really diverse, with lots of regional differences, and only in 1991 did it transition from being written in traditional script to being written in Latin letters like used for English. These types of things make it hard to find a guide that will help you speak and write Oromo language in a way that people across different regions will understand and accept. But this book does a great job! Most of the classmates in my language course were using Oromo dictionary/grammar apps on their phones when they needed extra help with vocab and phrases- those dictionaries are all over the place and they ended up getting confused and making lots of mistakes. I just used this book and my teachers preferred this book's spelling and grammar almost every time. Those teachers were from the Wollega region, but I also shared this book with Oromo friends from Jimma, Guji, and Shashamene areas and they liked it too. There are also some beautiful illustrations and historic tidbits that pop up throughout this book- it's a labor of love, for sure. It's what you will feel if you're around Oromo people, whether in Ethiopia or elsewhere, and are able to say even the smallest thing to them in Afan Oromo, or if you're able to write a word that's even somewhat close to the right spelling (Oromo words can have a LOT of the same letter in a row and it can be hard to know where/whether to include them all! e.g. "jaalalee dhiiraa" for "girlfriend"...). It's a beautiful and proud language that's survived a long history of oppression under different Ethiopian governments. Highly recommend learning Afan Oromo with this book!
Review: An amazing book - An amazing, brilliant Afan Oromo book written by Andrew Tadross and Abebe Bultoand edited by Temesgen H.Beriso on the Afaan Oromo language. With insightful culture and history notes on the Oromo Gaada system, Irreecha, and the Oromo coffee ceremony. The book is divided into well-organized sections such as object pronouns, gerunds, past participle, present tense, past tense, future tense, punctation, subject/possessive pronouns.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,653,816 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (44) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.49 x 9 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1530672465 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1530672462 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 215 pages |
| Publication date  | May 15, 2016 |
| Publisher  | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great guide for learning Afan Oromo- accessible and meets you where you're at!
*by T***R on September 29, 2020*

I spent 2 years in Ethiopia and learned some Afan Oromo, but lost it pretty quickly once I got back to the U.S. A couple years later, I got an opportunity through my university to do an intensive Oromo language class in Ethiopia over the summer. I picked up this book to brush up on my Oromo before the class started, but ended up using it throughout the whole summer to complement the class. The book is very accessible and structured in a way where you can use it as a type of "crash course" or just dig around for certain things you need (vocabulary, essential phrases, conjugation, etc.). As the author says in the intro, the Oromo language is an really diverse, with lots of regional differences, and only in 1991 did it transition from being written in traditional script to being written in Latin letters like used for English. These types of things make it hard to find a guide that will help you speak and write Oromo language in a way that people across different regions will understand and accept. But this book does a great job! Most of the classmates in my language course were using Oromo dictionary/grammar apps on their phones when they needed extra help with vocab and phrases- those dictionaries are all over the place and they ended up getting confused and making lots of mistakes. I just used this book and my teachers preferred this book's spelling and grammar almost every time. Those teachers were from the Wollega region, but I also shared this book with Oromo friends from Jimma, Guji, and Shashamene areas and they liked it too. There are also some beautiful illustrations and historic tidbits that pop up throughout this book- it's a labor of love, for sure. It's what you will feel if you're around Oromo people, whether in Ethiopia or elsewhere, and are able to say even the smallest thing to them in Afan Oromo, or if you're able to write a word that's even somewhat close to the right spelling (Oromo words can have a LOT of the same letter in a row and it can be hard to know where/whether to include them all! e.g. "jaalalee dhiiraa" for "girlfriend"...). It's a beautiful and proud language that's survived a long history of oppression under different Ethiopian governments. Highly recommend learning Afan Oromo with this book!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An amazing book
*by A***A on April 28, 2024*

An amazing, brilliant Afan Oromo book written by Andrew Tadross and Abebe Bultoand edited by Temesgen H.Beriso on the Afaan Oromo language. With insightful culture and history notes on the Oromo Gaada system, Irreecha, and the Oromo coffee ceremony. The book is divided into well-organized sections such as object pronouns, gerunds, past participle, present tense, past tense, future tense, punctation, subject/possessive pronouns.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Afan Oromo language instruction
*by A***W on September 7, 2020*

Abebe Bulto's excellent book, "Afan Oromo, A Guide to Speaking the Language of Oromo People in Ethiopia", is a great resource for anyone wanting to learn Afan Oromo. The book is divided into well-organized sections that delve deep into the essential grammatical structures, lots of vocabulary, and plenty of helpful example sentences for each topic. Highly recommend!

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