Cushitic | |
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Geographic distribution | Egypt, Sudan, Horn of Africa, East Africa |
Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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Proto-language | Proto-Cushitic |
Subdivisions | |
ISO 639-2 / 5 | cus |
Glottolog | cush1243 |
![]() Distribution of the Cushitic languages in Africa | |
![]() Map of the 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, and Sidama.[1]