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Let’s Make Qubé Afàn Oromô Concise and Shaped!

By Fayyis Oromia*

It was nice attempt that Oromo scholars like Dr. Haile Fida and Oromo organizations such as the OLF created, used and promoted Qubé, which is more suitable than Geez-Fidel to write Afàn Oromo. Using double consonants and double vowels was very good to differentiale words according to their concrete meanings. At that time, there was no appropriate computer technology to replace the double letters with single letter plus certain sign. But, now at this modern era of computers, why do Afàn Oromo teachers and Oromo policy makers lack creativity and stick to the hitherto amorphous writing of Qubé with bulk of double letters? I think, it is possible to get rid of at least double vowels, if not be free from double consonants.

It is clear that all enemies of the Oromo mainly target the core identity of the nation – Afàn Oromo. The past Habesha regimes prevented it from being used officially and tried to eliminate it. The present rule of the Hybrids (marital, physical and/or mental Diqalas) led by Abiy Ahmed are also vehmently determined to keep Afàn Oromo at second level by maintaining the hitherto domination of Amarigna/Amaranet over Oromummà. It is now the main job of genuine Oromo nationalists rallying behind the OLF/OLA and OFC to promote Afàn Oromo to its legitimate leading primary position replacing Amarigna. Then, it can be the primary working language of all federal institutions like parlament, palace, cabine, court, military and security. The promotion need to be in triple way: 1. make it free from balk of vowels, 2. use it as primary federal language & 3. apply it to sing all musics of different cultures in Ethiopia as well as others in the world. I specially recomend to sing the Gonderigna beat of Yejju and Tigrigna rhythm of Ràyyà in Afàn Oromo.

Otherwise, our qubé needs reform and modification! The major bulk of repetitions in Afàn Oromo orthography is caused by using double vowels in writting the tonal long syllables. I would suggest to add 5 vowels for elongation, instead of using double vowels. For instance; à instead of aa; é instead of ee; ī instead of ii; ô instead of oo and ü instead of uu! The only thing we need to make it practical is to creat keyboard and/or software for the possible writting of the 5 letters! Enjoy the following qubé music to be creative and motivated:


Here is an examplary article:
Read more:https://orompia.wordpress.com/2023/07/0 ... amorphous/

Sénàn Oromô Akka Janus Füla Lama Qaba!

Hubachīsa: qubé kénya xiqqo foyyéssüf jecha, dubbistôta shan dabalén jira: à = aa; é = ee; ī= ii; ô = oo fi ü = uu!

Bàrreffamni kun kan ani Afàn Oromôtīn yerô duràf dhiyése wàn ta’éf, yô dogoggorri késsa jiràte na ofkolcha. Akka ani amma Afàn Oromôtīn yàda kô dhiyésü yàlu kan na kakàse, débisa Obbo Abdī Borü barrefama kô tokkôf kenne dha. Duràn dursé Ob. Abdī wàn lamàf galatéfachün barbàda: tokkoffà yerô hunda yàda isà Afàn Oromô barédà, midhàwa fi qulqullü dhan nüf dhiyésü isàf; lammaffà ammô baréffama kô sana irratti akka Oromô tokkotti kabajà fi nàmusàn qéqa kennü isàf. Késattü, namummà kô fi yàda kô adda bàse ilàlün isà namôta heddü baréffama sana dura-dhàbbatanī na shakkani fi na yakkan irrà adda isa godha. Fakkénya gàri ta’ü isàtīf ulfina guddà qaba; na birattis ni kabajama.

Itti ànse wà’é Janus xiqqo ibsün yàla. Maqàn kun ‘mythology’ Grék késsatti wàqa Rome tokkôf kan kename dha. Füla lama qaba jedhamé himama: füla jalqabà (alpha) fi füla xumurà (omega). Süràn isàf kennamu garri càlu matà nam-tokkô, füla lama walīn, argisīsudha. Fülli lamàn sun wal hà fakkàtani ykn wal hin fakkàtīn ani himü hin danda’u. Akka asitti (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(Mythologie) argnutti yô ta’e, wal fakkàtu jedhén yàda. Ani garü yôn sénàn Oromô füla lama qabàtinnà làta jedhé gàfadhu, füla garagarà lama jechü kô ti. Màlīf akkan kana gàfadhe, yàda ani asitti barréssü yàlu irrà hubatama jedhén amana.

Baréfamni kô qéqame sun akkasitti awwàra kàsün isa karà tokko na gaddisīse, karà birà ammô na gammachīse. Kan na gadisīse, jarjarsüdhà maxxansü irràn kan ka’e wàn xixiqô irrà of qusachü dhīsü kô ti. Barréfamni kun wagga lama dura “Ethiopian Review Forum” irratti barréfame malé, akka ‘article’ tokkôtti, hamma dhumà itti hin yàdamne ture; wàn ani dhiyénya kana débisé baréfama “Jawarawi Harakat …” jedhu késsatti kàséf, namni birà fide akka yàda (comment) godhé maxxanse. Namni na béku tokko ammô yàda kana dubbisé, “kun matàn isa akka ‘article’ tokkotti otü maxxansamé dansà dha” jedhé yàda nàf kenninãn jarjarsü dhàn maxxansīse. Jarjarsü kana késsatti, maqà kutà tokkô (Shoa) fi maqà namôta kutà sana késsà akka fakkényatti kennün kô akka dubbistônni heddün jallàtti na hubatan godhe. Warri akkas na hubatanɨs na shakkü fi na yakkü filatan. Kan na gammachīse ammô, namü yàda isà garagarà dubbī sana irratti kennaté marīhachü isà ti.

Mé amma gara yàda akkas nu afànfàjesse kana hà ilàllu. Akkan shakkame sana, ani Oromô kutà tokkô yakküf hin barréssine, hubannà ani sénà Oromôf qabu késsà xiqqo calaqise malé. Namônni ani akka fakkényītti kennes warruma sammü kôtti dhufan malé, itti yàdé isīn filén miti; otün yerô fudhé itti yàdera ta’é akkas hin godhu ture; kanàf jarjarsün sun wàn dogoggora fakkàte kana üme. Garü akkas nu marīhachīsün isà ammô, “bagan jarjaré maxxansīse” na jechisīse. Gàrīs. hà ta’u hamà, yàdni ani dubbistôta irrà arge, hawàsa kényàf barumsa wàn ta’u dha jedhén amana. Yàdni ani hamma ammàtti barréssà ture hundi, hawàsa Oromô missbrauchs irra kan darbe, akéka birà hin qabu. Sénàn Oromô ammô, akkuman afàn Inglizitīn ibsà ture, akka Janus wàn bifa (füla) lama qabu fakkàta; isànis:

– Oromianist narrative’ (sénà isa warri ‘decolonization of Oromia itti Amann himani). Fülli sénà kun kan sénà Oromia isa fàlla sénà Abyssinia ta’e ibsu dha. Füla kana kan qaban warra Oromianist ta’anɨ sénà Oromô akka saba àdà guddà fi bulchinsa gàrī qabàchà ture, garü kolonī Abyssinia jalatti kufetti himan. Isàn kun Oromô warra “I am Oromo first; Ethiopia is imposed on me” jedhu hunda hammata. Sénà isàn himan, Oromôn saba Kush yô ta’u, Habeshàn ammô saba Semetic akka ta’e fi biyyôttàn laman (Abyssinia fi Oromia) ollà akka ta’an ibsa.

– Oropianist narrative’ (sénà warri ‘democratization of Ethiopia or transformation to Oropia’ sammütti qabani). Fülli birà kun, isa sénà Oromia fi sénà Abyssinia walitti fidü yàlu dha. Warri füla kana calaqisan warra Oromô akka saba biyya Ethiopia jedhamtu kana wagga 300 bulchà turrétti dhiyésani. Isàn kun warra “I am Oromo, who contributed a lot in building the current Ethiopian state” jedhu. Sénà isan himan kan warra Kush/Meroe walīn wal qabaté biyya lamànü (Abyssinia fi Oromia) hammata. Oromô warri “federation dhugà fidüf qabsôfna, yô barbàchises maqaa union kanà Oropia (Oromumma led Ethiopia) jenna” jedhan, füla sénà kanas ni késsumsīsu.

Yô fakkényàf sénà kénya yerô waràna addunyà II, bara lola Xaliyànī walīn gône (Oromô gar tokko Xàliyàn lolani, kàn ammo Xàliyàn fàna dhàbbatanī Habashà lolan) fi Oromota nafxànya Minilik ta’anī lafa argatan tokko-tokko ilàllu, gàffīlén ka’ü malan: füla lamàn kana akka sénà Oromôtti fudhachü dandénya mô tokko filachü qabna? Bifa lamàn kana késsà tokko jajü fi kan birà xiqqéssü qabna mô lamànü qixa ilàlü dandénya? Yô tokko filanne hô, màlīf filanna? Füla lamàn walitti fidné, achi késsà sénà walô tokko bàsu ni dandénya?…kkf dha. Késsattü, warri siyàsa Oromô gaggéssu, sénà tokko yô dhiyésan, akka mul’ata isànī tajàjilutti ta’üf itti yàdanītu. Kanàf natti fakkàta, qàmonni siyàsa Oromô warri “federeshina dhugà ijàrra, Ethiopia késsatti Oromian if bulchü qabdi” jedhan, séna lamànu kan késumsīsan. Achirrà ka’anītu kàyyô ‘Ethiopian Federation‘ jedhu qabatani kan déman. Dégartônni yàda kanà gar-tokko, yô furmàta yerô dhéràf ta’u barbànne, “maqà federation ijàrüf démnu sana Oromia hà bàsnu” jechaa jiru. Yô kana gône, gara fulduràtti, “Oromôtu Ethiopiawinet fudhata otuu hin tàne, Habashàtu Oromiyawinet fudhata” jedhani amanu.

Amma gàffilé Ob. Abdī kàsé sana gaggabàbsé débisüf: yôn loltôta Semien fi Tigrai jedhu, loltün Abyssinia bakka birà (Gojjam, Gondar Kibbà fi Lasta) Minilik II fàna hin turre jechü kô miti; loltønni isà heddün garü Shoa kàbà késsà ta’ü wàn hàllu natti hin fakkàtu; loltün Tigrai ammô Oromia késsatti kan heddummàtte erga 1991 as malé, isa dura hin turre; “môrà dīnà késsa kan hojjete hundi méshà fi gantü dha” wàn jedhu kun sirrī natti hin fakkàtu; môrà dīnà késsa tà’ani firàf hojjechü fi mīdhà tokko lammī irratti otü hin dalagīn jiràchünis numa jira; ani barrefama kôkéssatti kutà Oromô tokko yakkü hin barbànne, yakkamtôta Oromô hunda qulqulléssünis fedhī kô hin turre; garü namônni yàda kô dubbisan gar-tokko warri akkasitti na hubatan, otü irra deddébisanī yàda kô dubbisanī nan gammada; fakkényi kubbà mīllà Jarman fi Poland sun yàduma kô ibsüf malé, taphattôta sana namôta hàla siyyàsa késsa jiran wajjin wal qixxésüf miti; Dr Fikre séna kan waggà 3000 barrésse, ani ammô kan waggà 300 duwwàn ilãle, kanàf yàdni kényi lamàn heddü wal hin fakkàtu.


Wànuma fedhéfü, awàra dhékkamsà fi marī ho’à akkasi kàsün sun milkå’ina barréfama sanà argisīsa. Marī godhame hundatti ani gammadén jira. Barréffama dhihàtan késsatti, qabxīlén tokko-tokko namôta marīf akka kakàsütti, yô barbàchise akkas ‘provocative’ ta’ün barbàchisà dha. Dubbistônni gar-tokko garü, wànuma yàdni kô isànīf hin liqimsannéf jecha, wàn ani “hammina dhoksàn” dému fakkéssanī himü barbàdan (they wanted to make a diagnosis of my “evil intention”). Kun dogoggora késsa isàn büsa malé, wàn ani démuf békü isànī hin argisīsu. Gara fulduràfü., akka Ob. Abdī godhe kana yàda mormü fi xīnxalü irratti otü xiyyéfatanii gàrī dha. Hunda càlà ammô, ani yàda kô barréssé kanīn maxxansü “barsīsüf” miti, yô namônni yàda irratti kennan débisé achi irrà barachüf malé. Débi’ī ani barréfama sanàf argadhe garü kan nama ajàyibu: dubbistônni gar tokko “this is collective criminalization” jedhanī akka ani Oromô kutà tokkô yakketti hubatan; warri kàn ammô “this is collective de-criminalization” jedhanī akka ani yakkamtôta qulqullésü yàletti na fudhatan. Baréffama tokkôf bifa wal hin simmanne lama kennan. Kan ani gochü barbàde garü, “importance of critical history” argisīsü ture; “politicized history” hunda of waga’ü dhīsné, ija qéqàtīn sénà kénya hà ilàllu jechü kô ti. Hunda càlà garü, yô akka dogoggoràtti fudhatame, maqà kutà Shoa duwwà kàsün kô, olola dīnàf karà akka bane argü dandahén jira.

Dɨnni Oromô qàwwa akkasī yô argattu, akka titīsa raqa argatté itti gammaddi; sanattis fayadamté Oromô walitti naqüf tattàfatti. Oromôf garü yàda addaddummà qabu bifa gàrī fi nagàn késumsīsün hàrà miti; abbôtiin kénya sirna Gadà késsatti Odà jala tà’anī Akkusativ marī hachà fi yàdàn wal dura dhàbachà turan; ni wal dhaggéfatu ture, ni wal dandahus; abàrsī fi arrabni dubbī Oromô késsa hin jiru ture. Gumī Gàyyô késsatti Oromôn yàda garagarà hundàf bakka kenna; yàda walī uggurün hin jiru; namü sénà fi kàyyô addaddà sodà tokko malé gadi bàsé hima, marɨfis dhiyéssa; “tolerance of diverse opinions” akkasī kun àdà Oromô késsatti békamà dha; màlīf kana barrésite ykn dubbatte jedhani wal yakkün hin jiru ture. Sénàn garü kan akka dhugàtti fudhatamu yô wàn dhugà fakkàtu késsa jiràte dha; màltu dhugà dha, kamtu dhara jedhani irrà marīhachün wànuma jiru. Anis kan dhagahé fi dubbise irràn barrése; yô dhugà hin fakkànne ykn ammô kan qabsô bilisummà Oromô mīdhu ta’e, yàda akkasi dura dhabbachün rakkina hin qabu. Walumà galatti, ergà ani barréfamôta kô dhiyénya kana maxxanfaman késsatti dabarsü barbàde, “Oromummàn düla warra Ethiopiawinet léllisün godhamu irran kan ka’e làfü hin danda’u ykn bishàwü hin qabu” kan jedhu ture. Afàn Inglizitīn gababsé kàhün yô barbàchise:

The campaign of Ethiopiawinet (Ethiopian nationalism) to dilute Oromummà (Oromo nationalism) is a futile exercise. If territorial integrity of the union is chosen to be kept intact by Oromo people, then we now need to move on and struggle to realize the following five important virtues: 1) Democracy, including national self-determination, be future rule of political game in the union; 2) Afàn Oromo be primary working language of federal government; 3) Freedom from the hegemonist TPLF and from any sort of national domination; 4) Odà be central part of flag for the union; 5) Oropia (land of the braves) be name of the future true federation, replacing Ethiopia (land of the burnt face). Only fulfillment of these five parameters can be the possible guarantee for future long-lasting multinational federation. If the other nations, including Abyssinians, fail to accept this demand and/or offer, further push for an independent republic of Oromia is inevitable. It is up to them to choose an integrative Oropia in order to avoid disintegration of the union, which will be caused by an eventual independent Oromia.

Dhuma irratti gàffī Ob. Abdī isa guddà sana débisün yàla. Innis akkas jedhé gàfate: “kennàn , dandéttī fi békumsi Oromô kan fedhī saba Oromôtīf hin tàne ykn hin ôlle hīkkàn isà màli?” Hīkkà isà sirrītti argüf wàn lama adda bàsü qabna: hīkkà kennàn akkasī lammīf qabu fi hīkkàn inni nama sanàf qabu. Kennàn, dandéttī fi békumsi nama akkasi kun, fayidà lammī fi saba isàf hin ôlle malé ofi isàf qabénya guddà dha. Nammôta akkasi kana irrà dandéttīn isàni mulqamü hin qabu, ammô garé hin tànéf akka ôle himün barbàchisà dha. Yô kennàn kun yakka lammī ofī irratti hojjechüf ôlé jira ta’e, ragà dhiyéssüdhàn himamü qaba. Ergàn ani barréfama sana késsatti dabarsü yàles kanuma. Dandéntī dhünfà namôta akkasīf békumsa kennü jechün, yakka isànī irrà dhiqü jechü miti. Yô yakka hojetanī jiru ta’es, “they are simply well talented criminals”. Kanàtī achi, hàla amma késsa jirrutti yô füla Janus (sénà Oromô) lamàn késsà tokko dhīsné, isa k.àn duwwà ilãlle, kun garàgarummà ilalchàti malé yakka miti. Ani füla isà tokko yôn arge, Ob. Abdī ammô isa bira yô ilàle, lamàn kényu mirga qabna. Kanàf jenné wal hin balàlefannu, hin abàrru, hin yakkinu; hunda càlà ammô Wàq kényas akka nuti wal hubannu numa nu gargàra; hà jabànnu!

Galatôma!