Cushitic

(kus̸h it′ik, ko̵os̸h-)

adjective

designating or of a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and E Africa, constituting a subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages

Origin: Cush + -it(e) + -ic

noun

this group of languages

See Cushitic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Cush·it·ic

noun

A branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and northern Kenya and including Beja, Oromo, and Somali.

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