Cushitic

Cush·it·ic

C0822200 (ko͝o-shĭt′ĭk)n. A branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and northern Kenya and including Beja, Oromo, and Somali.

Cush·it′ic adj.

Cushitic

(kʊˈʃɪtɪk) n (Languages) a group of languages of Somalia, Ethiopia, NE Kenya, and adjacent regions: a subfamily within the Afro-Asiatic family of languagesadj (Languages) denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages

Cush•it•ic

or Kush•it•ic

(kəˈʃɪt ɪk)

n. a language family of Africa, a branch of the Afroasiatic family, that includes Beja, Oromo, Somali, and a number of other languages, primarily of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and NE Kenya. [1905–10; Cushite (see Cush, -ite¹) + -ic]

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Noun

Cushitic - a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regionsAfrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and AfricaSomali - the Cushitic language spoken by the Somali

Translations

Cushitic

(kəshĭt`ĭk), group of languages belonging to the Afroasiatic family of languages. See Afroasiatic languagesAfroasiatic languages
, formerly Hamito-Semitic languages
, family of languages spoken by more than 250 million people in N Africa; much of the Sahara; parts of E, central, and W Africa; and W Asia (especially the Arabian peninsula, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and
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noun a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions

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