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South Cushitic languages

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The South Cushitic or Rift languages of Tanzania are a branch of the Cushitic languages. The most numerous is Iraqw, with about 600,000 speakers. Scholars believe these languages were spoken by Southern Cushitic agro-pastoralists from Ethiopia, who began migrating southward into the Great Rift Valley in the third millennium BC.

Facts
Region
Tanzania 1
Proto-Language Status
Proto-South-Cushitic, homeland in southwestern Ethiopia 1
Sources
1. South Cushitic languages, Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    The South Cushitic or Rift languages of Tanzania
  • History section
    The original homeland of Proto-South-Cushitic was in southwestern Ethiopia.
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