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Cush·it·ic

(ko͝o-shĭt′ĭk)

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.

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Cushitic

(kʊˈʃɪtɪk)

(Languages) a group of languages of Somalia, Ethiopia, NE Kenya, and adjacent regions: a subfamily within the Afro-Asiatic family of languages

adj

(Languages) denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages

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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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Cushitic - a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions

Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, 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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couchitique

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