The East Cushitic languages are a branch of Cushitic within the Afroasiatic phylum, including the prominent languages Afar, Oromo and Somali. The branch is divided into two main sub-branches, though its unity has been contested: linguist Robert Hetzron proposed combining the Sidama-like Highland East Cushitic languages with the Agaw languages into a separate Highland Cushitic branch, while other scholars follow Martino Mario Moreno in treating Highland and Lowland as the two branches of East Cushitic itself.
Facts
RegionHorn of Africa, East Africa 2 Proto-Language StatusThe East Cushitic languages retain a sizeable amount of basic vocabulary inherited from a reconstructed common ancestor, Proto-East-Cushitic. 2 Browse and compare
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East Cushitic is the largest branch of Cushitic, including Oromo and the Somali languages.
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Sources
1. Glottolog: East Cushitic (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 35
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: East Cushitic Languages
WikipediaInfobox, region field
Horn of Africa, East Africa
Lexicon section
The East Cushitic languages share a sizeable amount of basic vocabulary inherited from Proto-East-Cushitic
Infobox: protoname
Proto-East-Cushitic
View the Source Wikidata: East Cushitic languages
Wikidata Q56568, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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