Cushite

Synonyms for "cushite"

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Translations

9 translations across 3 languages.

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Arabic

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  • كُوشِيَّة adj (pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa)
  • كُوشِيّ adj (pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa)

German

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  • kuschitisch adj (pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa)
  • Kuschite noun (member of one of the peoples of the Horn of Africa)
  • Kuschiter noun (member of one of the peoples of the Horn of Africa)
  • Kuschiterin noun (member of one of the peoples of the Horn of Africa)

Hebrew

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  • כּוּשִׁי adj (pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa)
  • כּוּשִׁי noun (member of one of the peoples of the Horn of Africa)

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Similarly, in the Hamitic area, the Berber languages of the north-west are clearly distinguished from Ful, and these, again, from the Nilotic languages, which, in their turn, are quite distinct from the “Cushite” languages in the east (i.e. Somali, Galla, Saho, Bedauye, etc.).

Source: wiktionary

The numerous Cushite languages of East Africa make up another branch of Afroasiatic and can be separated for convenience into five subgroups—northern, central, eastern, western, and southern. […] The northern branch of Cushite consists of a number of closely related dialects of which Bedauye, the best known, may be taken as representative.

Source: wiktionary

In the second language category are Cushite speakers. Cushite is a subdivison of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Cushite speakers live in areas stretching from the coast of the Red Sea across the Horn of Africa.

Source: wiktionary

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