Cush·it·ic (k -sh t k)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
(Linguistics / Languages) a group of languages of Somalia, Ethiopia, NE Kenya, and adjacent regions: a subfamily within the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages
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| Noun | 1. | Cushitic - a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa Somali - the Cushitic language spoken by the Somali |
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