Oromoid languages

Oromoid
Geographic; distribution	Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Cushitic Oromoid; ; ;
Subdivisions	Oromo; Konsoid;
Glottolog	nucl1701[1]

The Oromoid languages are a branch of Lowland East Cushitic languages that includes the most populous Cushitic language, Oromo, and the closely related Konsoid dialect cluster.

Oromo: Oromo, Eastern Oromo, Borana, Orma, Waata
Konsoid (Konso–Gidole): Konso, Dirasha (Gidole), Bussa (Mossiya), Mashile, Turo, Gato

References

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Oromoid". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Oromoid". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.