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cushite
adj 1name 1noun 1
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3ADJ.
afro-asiatic, east, live, numerous
CUSHITE + NOUN
languages, speakers, subdivison
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adj
1
Pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa, historically considered the descendants of biblical Cush.
name
1
The Cushitic subfamily of languages.
Similarly, in the Hamitic area, the Berber languages of the north-west are clearly distinguished from Ful, and these, again, from the Nilotic languages, which, in their turn, are quite distinct from the “Cushite” languages in the east (i.e. Somali, Galla, Saho, Bedauye, etc.).
The numerous Cushite languages of East Africa make up another branch of Afroasiatic and can be separated for convenience into five subgroups—northern, central, eastern, western, and southern. […] The northern branch of Cushite consists of a number of closely related dialects of which Bedauye, the best known, may be taken as representative.
noun
1
A member of one of various peoples native to the Horn of Africa, generally restricted to those that speak Cushitic languages.
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Similarly, in the Hamitic area, the Berber languages of the north-west are clearly distinguished from Ful, and these, again, from the Nilotic languages, which, in their turn, are quite distinct from t
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The numerous Cushite languages of East Africa make up another branch of Afroasiatic and can be separated for convenience into five subgroups—northern, central, eastern, western, and southern. […] The
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In the second language category are Cushite speakers. Cushite is a subdivison of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Cushite speakers live in areas stretching from the coast of the Red Sea across the Ho
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