Cushitic

/kəˈʃɪdɪk/
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Definitions of Cushitic
  1. noun
    a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions
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    types:
    Somali
    the Cushitic language spoken by the Somali
    type of:
    Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic
    a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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