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- 1 2 3 Eastern Oromo at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ↑ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived November 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine , Tables 2.15 (accessed 6 April 2009)
