Ethiopia: Online Afaan Oromoo - English Dictionary

For the first time, Oromo-Ethiopians worldwide will be able to use an internet dictionary that easily translates words from English to Afaan Oromoo as well as from Afaan Oromoo to English. This free online Oromoo Dictionary that is being built up with over hundred new word entries everyday by the Jimma Times Oromiffa Group (JTOG) will be able to benefit people with all proficiency levels in Afaan Oromo.

Whether it is Oromos living in the Diaspora who hope to learn their native mother tongue, to non-Oromos interested in learning Afaan Oromoo or for Oromo students in Ethiopia and Kenya who are seeking English translations in their classrooms, this online dictionary is the first of its kind that can be used for diverse purposes.

Users can go to the dictionary page by entering the "Afaan Oromoo Dictionary" link on the top of Jimma Times frontpage. JTOG is looking for more volunteers to help develop the database faster and contribute to the linguistic empowerment of Oromo nation. Visit the JTOG website for more at http://jimmatimes.com/JTOG.cfm

The dictionary's formation was an initiative by JTOG members that was embraced by and created in partnership with SelamSoft Inc, which is well-known for its dictionary software products for other languages.

Afaan Oromoo (also known as Oromiffa) is the most widely used language in Ethiopia by first-language speakers and it is the second most spoken language in the country overall. Afaan Oromoo, which is part of the general Afro-Asiatic language family, is also a top five language in the African continent in total number of speakers.

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Added: January 28, 2010. 10:07 AM GMT

guddinna afaan oromo'oo?

Afaan oromo'oo eega ifatti itti dalaguun aanfamee/eegalamee woggaa kurnyan lamaan xumuruuf deema. Garuu, qubee seera isiitiin itti-ooluu(itti fayyadamuu),akkasuma jechoota oromoo hundee irraa qabachuuf itti dalaguu irratti dhiba guddaatu jira.bifa kanaan uf guddisaa jiraa moo uf qancarsaa jirra jennee wol-haa gaafannuu! Waan duubatti hafne natti fakkaata.Afaan kun akka amma itti deemaa jirru kana irraa yoo hin fooyyessine ta'e dhiphataa deemuudhaan gogeessa afaan biraa irraa as hiikkamu(blue print of other languages) qofa ta'ee mi'aan afaan kanaa bushaayaa,dhiphataas deemaa beekaa!Jechoonni sirii-durii dagatamaa dhufee afaan teemsaa ta'ee hafa jedhee sodaadhaa dhaloonni ammaa itti yaadee baadiyyaa biyya oromiyaa hundaa keessa taa'ee haa qoratuu jedha.

Abdurahman

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Added: January 11, 2010. 07:41 PM GMT

kenna

hi kan afaan oromootin dictionary barressite fayya ta i afaan amaar ykn habashatin hoo maaliif barreessite?gaari hojatte saniin uf xuressite afaan warra habashalle guddisuuf ni yaadda natti fakkate.yaa maali afaan nu gabroonfate har alle wanti guddistuuf.sunidogogora keti qabadhu.hin dagatin.dhifamaan wajjiin afaan habasha bakka argiteen bolla qoti awwali male fuulintaneeta irratti hin baasin namni isan rakkate hin jiru natti fakkate kan oromo ta e kan lafeen isa habshatti deebitu male. nagahatti

ufumaaf yaada ?

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Added: January 11, 2010. 07:30 PM GMT

jabadha

hi akkam baga waggaa haaraan isin gahebarri bar bar bilisumma ha ta u jedha dhadadh ykn ammo dhaadumaan lafa fixa oromo

ufuma

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Added: January 04, 2010. 11:34 AM GMT

kenne

baga wagga harawaan isin gahe yaa luynota, kijibdota,yaa waarra dhiiga oromo fixe,oromo jedhe,wagga dhiibba guutu,homa bilisummaatiin waarra uf dhaaduho,kijibni keessan nu gube,yoo bilissummaan hin jiratin.hin jiraatina isin.ammaan booda waye goota oromo tookkolleen akka hin faarsine ykn kijiba akka hin qaqqane dhaaba.ykn hojitti fufa salphatoota maqa abo hagugattani isin wayyaneedha

kenna

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Added: January 04, 2010. 11:34 AM GMT

kenne

kenna

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Added: January 02, 2010. 07:41 PM GMT

akkam baga wagga haaraan isin gahe waggaan haroyni kun nu hundaaf kan qanani ha ta u

na ol

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Added: January 01, 2010. 07:39 PM GMT

jeequmsa

mee uf jabeessa laaftani

dursa

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Added: December 24, 2009. 01:59 PM GMT

GOOD JOB!!!

Realy great JOB!!! We should be proud of our compatriots for what they are achieving these days. Obviously, the dictionary is useful for any local language speaker of Ethiopia. On the other hand, some of the comments written by visitors of this page are realy disappointing, ethnocentric and narrow. Come on guys, let's be grown up and civilized! This is the 21st century, not 18th or 19th.
Thanx

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Added: December 24, 2009. 12:59 PM GMT

it is really good job, we should be proud of our compatriots for their achievment. such works are confirmation that ethiopians and africans as a whole can do anything. it is only that they didn't get the opportunity to demonstrate what they can do. otherwise, some of the comments written on this page sound prety ethnocentric and narrow, loving one's own culture and language is great thing and insulting and hating the same of someone else's is backwardness. let's be grown up! it is the 21st century not 18th or 19th.
thanx

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Added: November 29, 2009. 05:44 AM GMT

Akami

I am an Oromo and proud of it. Unfortunately I cant speak it that well but i am eager to start learning vigorously. If any one has suggestions on where to begin please share it with me. Nagaya

elias

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