Cushitic Languages
The
Cushitic languages
are a subgroup of the
Afro-Asiatic languages phylum
, named after the Biblical figure
Cush
by analogy with
Semitic
. They are spoken in the
Horn of Africa
. The most prominent language is
Oromo
with about 21 million speakers, followed by
Somali
(in
Somalia
,
Ethiopia
, and
Djibouti
) with about 15 million speakers,
Sidamo
(in
Ethiopia
) with about 2 million speakers, and
Afar
(in
Eritrea
) with about 1.5 million. It is divided into the following subgroups, following
Joseph H. Greenberg
as modified by
Harold Fleming
:
Beja language
(often seen as outside Cushitic proper)
Central Cushitic languages
(or
Agaw languages
)
East Cushitic languages
(including
Oromo
,
Somali
,
Sidamo
, and
Afar
)
South Cushitic languages
(including
Iraqw
and arguably
Dahalo
)
Robert Hetzron
has suggested regarding the
South Cushitic languages
as a subgroup of
East Cushitic
. Cushitic was traditionally seen as also including the
Omotic languages
, then called
West Cushitic languages
, but this view has been largely abandoned.
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