Cushitic

or Kush·it·ic

[ kuh-shit-ik ]

noun

1. a subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Somali, Oromo, and other languages of Somalia and Ethiopia.

adjective

1. of or relating to Cushitic.

Cushitic

/ kʊˈʃɪtɪk /

noun

1. a group of languages of Somalia, Ethiopia, NE Kenya, and adjacent regions: a subfamily within the Afro-Asiatic family of languages

adjective

1. denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cushitic¹

1905–10; Cushite ( Cush, -ite ¹ ) + -ic

Example Sentences

Only the fine, curly Cushitic hair on the heads of the majority of people in the Horn of Africa was seen as up to standard.

From BBC

The other Cushitic tongues exhibit increasing agglutinative tendencies the farther we go south, although single archaisms are found even in Somali.

From Project Gutenberg

Cushitic family; its exact place in this family remains to be determined.

From Project Gutenberg

It represents a third independent branch, or rather a second one, Libyan and Cushitic forming one division of Hamitic.

From Project Gutenberg

Ancient Egyptian, as we have seen, does not form the connecting link between Libyan and Cushitic which its geographical position would lead us to expect.

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