Cushitic
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Cush·it·ic
(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.
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Cushitic
(kʊˈʃɪtɪk)n
(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.
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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, 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