The term Anfillo is used to refer both to the language and the people found in a small community in the Anfillo woreda, part of the Mirab Welega Zone.
The language is on the verge of extinction as it is spoken only by adults above the age of sixty.
All younger generations have shifted to Western Oromo as of 2007.
Long vowels and consonants do occur and may have phonemic value.
Three tenses are marked morphologically: present, past, and future.