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Cushitic languages

The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic languages to the north in Egypt and Sudan, and to the south in Kenya and Tanzania. As of 2012, the Cushitic languages with over one million speakers were Oromo, Somali, Beja, Afar, Hadiyya, Kambaata…

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Ethnicity
Cushites
Geographic distribution
Egypt, Sudan, Horn of Africa, East Africa
Glottolog
cush1243
ISO 639-2 / 5
cus
Linguistic classification
Cushitic
Native speakers
c. 85 million

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Classification

Hypothesized Cushitic substrate languages

Reconstruction

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Cushitic languages

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Edges93
Triples109
Avg. degree1.98
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Cushitic languages

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related to Omotic · 24
Cushitic languages → Afroasiatic, An, Cerulli, Cerulli's Sidama, Cushitic, East Cushitic, Enrico Cerulli, Fleming, Further, Harold, Highland East Cushitic, Joseph Greenberg, Lionel Bender, Lowland Cushitic, Mario Martino Moreno, Nilotic, Omotic, Omotic's, Paul Newman, Sidama
related to Beja · 15
Cushitic languages → Afar, Afroasiatic, Agaw, As, Beja, Central Cushitic, Cushitic, Didier Morin, Hetzron, However, Lowland East Cushitic, North Cushitic, Northern Cushitic, Saho, The
related to Hypothesized Cushitic substrate languages · 14
Cushitic languages → Bisha, C-Group, Christopher Ehret, Cushitic, Ehret, Given, It, Lake Victoria, Nubia, Nubian, Some, South Cushitic, Tale, Tutsi
related to Official status · 13
Cushitic languages → Afar, Amhara Region, Beja, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Harari, Oromia, Oromia Zone, Oromo, Sidamo, Somali, The Cushitic
related to history · 9
Cushitic languages → Christopher Ehret, Cushitic, Early Holocene, Proto-Cushitic, Red Sea Hills, Rift Valley, Savanna Pastoral Neolithic, Southern Cushitic, The
related to Phonology · 9
Cushitic languages → Afar, Agaw, Cushitic, Less, Most Cushitic, Oromo, Saho, Somali, The
related to Basic vocabulary · 6
Cushitic languages → Cushitic, Dimmendaal, Proto-Southern Cushitic, PSC, Sample, Vossen
Subdivisions · 5
Cushitic languages → ? Dahalo, Central, East, North, South
related to External links · 5
Cushitic languages → Cushitic, Encyclopædia Britannica, Humanities, Leiden University, OF HIGHLAND EAST CUSHITICFaculty
related to Numerals · 2
Cushitic languages → Comparison, Cushitic

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cushitic languages beja east also branch language south somali afar afroasiatic north spoken number case omotic central classification ongota oromo

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Cushitic languagesEthnicityCushites1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesGeographic distributionEgypt, Sudan, Horn of Africa, East Africa1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesGlottologcush12431.00infobox
Cushitic languagesISO 639-2 / 5cus1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesLinguistic classificationCushitic1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesNative speakersc. 85 million1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesProto-languageProto-Cushitic1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesSubdivisionsNorth1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesSubdivisionsCentral1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesSubdivisionsEast1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesSubdivisionsSouth1.00infobox
Cushitic languagesSubdivisions? Dahalo1.00infobox

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