Cushitic

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Cushitic is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa and parts of East Africa, encompassing languages such as Somali, Oromo, and Afar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Afroasiatic
language family branch
geographicDistribution Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
hasSubbranch Agaw (Central Cushitic)
linked to: Cushitic

Dullay
Highland East Cushitic
Lowland East Cushitic
linked to: Cushitic

North Cushitic
Omo-Tana
South Cushitic
includesLanguage Afar
Agaw languages
Alagwa
Arbore
Beja
Burji
Hadiyya
Iraqw
Kambaata
Konso
Oromo
Oromo cluster
Rendille
Saho
Sidamo
Somali
Somali cluster
languageFamilyCode cus
majorLanguage Afar
Beja
Oromo
Somali
relatedTo Berber languages
Chadic languages
Omotic languages
Semitic languages
spokenInRegion East Africa
Horn of Africa
subfamilyOf Afroasiatic languages
typologicalFeature complex case systems in some languages
predominantly SOV or SVO word order depending on language
rich consonant inventories
use of grammatical gender
writingSystemsUsed Arabic script
Geʽez script
Latin script

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Referenced by (64)

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Somali languageFamily Cushitic
Somali subfamily Lowland East Cushitic
linked to: Cushitic
Oromo subfamilyOf Cushitic branch
linked to: Cushitic
Beja people subgroupOf Cushitic peoples
linked to: Cushitic
Beja people languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Afar linguisticSubgroup Lowland East Cushitic
linked to: Cushitic
Hadza language isNotPartOf Cushitic language family
linked to: Cushitic
Omotic languages neighboringLanguageFamilies Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Sidamo languageBranch Cushitic
Sidamo languageSubbranch Highland East Cushitic
linked to: Cushitic
Egyptian language family relatedTo Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Beja languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Bilen languageBranch Cushitic
Bilen hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Cushitic
linked to: Cushitic
Bilen people ethnolinguisticGroup Cushitic peoples
linked to: Cushitic
Bilen people languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Saho subgroup Lowland East Cushitic
linked to: Cushitic
Saho people languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Saho people languageBranch Lowland East Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Harold Fleming fieldOfWork Cushitic languages
subject linked to: Harold Fleming (linguist)
linked to: Cushitic
Harold Fleming studied Cushitic language family
subject linked to: Harold Fleming (linguist)
linked to: Cushitic
Somali people languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Wolaytta influencedBy Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Orma languageBranch Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Orma languageSubbranch Lowland East Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Borana-Arsi-Guji subFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Borana-Arsi-Guji subBranch Lowland East Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Benadiri Somali languageBranch Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Benadiri Somali languageSubbranch Lowland East Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Maay languageBranch Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Maay languageSubbranch Lowland East Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Digil languageSubbranch Lowland East Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Rahanweyn subFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Oromo people languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Bedawiyet subbranch North Cushitic
linked to: Cushitic
Bedawiyet contactInfluenceFrom Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Hadendoa languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Amarar ethnicContext Cushitic peoples
linked to: Cushitic
Bisharin languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Cushitic hasSubbranch Lowland East Cushitic
linked to: Cushitic
Cushitic hasSubbranch Agaw (Central Cushitic)
linked to: Cushitic
El Molo languageBranch Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Afar people languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Qafar languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Hatsa isNotGeneticallyRelatedTo Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Lionel M. Bender studied Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
North Omotic neighboringLanguageGroups Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Mao language neighboringLanguages Cushitic languages
subject linked to: Mao
linked to: Cushitic
Sidama languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
Sidama ethnolinguisticGroup Cushitic peoples
linked to: Cushitic