Cushitic

adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Cushite.
  2. 2
    a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the Cushites. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages.

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cushitecushitic languages

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"The accepted branches of Afroasiatic are Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Omotic, and Semitic."

Etymology

From Cushite + -ic; 19th century.

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