Warjih people

The Warjih (Arabic: ورجي, Amharic: ወርጂ, Somali: Warjeex [wɔrdʒi]), also known as Wargar[2] are an ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia.

[3] According to the Warjih, their forefathers have two separate origins, one ancestor emerging from Tigray region while the other arrived from Hararghe.

[6] It was this time of military conflict that opened the door for the northern expansion of Oromos, and thus began the assimilation of conquered populations, such as the Warjih.

Today, they are found primarily in their modern hometown of Daleti and in numerous pastoral communities scattered throughout the regions of Shewa and Wollo.

[1] The Warjih today primarily speak Amharic or Oromo as their mother tongue, although this order of primacy may be vice versa depending on where a person lives.