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.
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RegionHorn of Africa, East Africa 1 Proto-Language StatusThe East Cushitic languages retain a sizeable amount of basic vocabulary inherited from a reconstructed common ancestor, Proto-East-Cushitic. 1 East Cushitic languages
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East Cushitic is the largest branch of Cushitic, including Oromo and the Somali languages.
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1. Wikipedia: East Cushitic Languages
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Horn of Africa, East Africa
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The East Cushitic languages share a sizeable amount of basic vocabulary inherited from Proto-East-Cushitic
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