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Oromo, Macha of Ethiopia

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
5,754,000	Oromo, West Central	Christianity	65.00 %	39.00 %		Not available	3.2

Oromo, Macha of Ethiopia

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Geography

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Region:

15 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

Yes

Location in Country:

West and central, Oromo region; Rift Valley escarpment east of Dessie and Woldiya
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Oromo, Macha

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Azebu	Gujii Oromo
Gujji	Macha
Wellaga

110644

15838

Yes

Population in Country:

5,754,000

Population all Countries:

Ethnicity

People Name General:

CMT33b

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Language

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Primary Language:

(5,754,000 Speakers)

gaz

Primary Dialect:

Western Oromo

Dialect Code:

15348

Total Languages:

Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Religion Sub-division:

Orthodox

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	65.00 %	(Evangelical: 39.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	20.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	15.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	25.00 %
Orthodox	75.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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3.2

Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1981

New Testament:

1995

Complete Bible:

1998

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Scripture Ministries
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Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
Scripture	World Scriptures

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