Highland East Cushitic

E838530

Highland East Cushitic is a subgroup of Cushitic languages spoken primarily in the Ethiopian Highlands, including languages such as Sidamo and Hadiyya.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Highland East Cushitic canonical 5
East Cushitic languages 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Cushitic
language subgroup
subgroup of Afroasiatic languages
continent Africa
country Ethiopia
feature complex verbal morphology (in several member languages)
rich case morphology (in several member languages)
fieldOfStudy Cushitic linguistics
hasAlternativeName Highland East Cushitic branch
Highland East Cushitic languages
hasMember Alaba language
Burji language
Hadiyya language NERFINISHED
Kambaata language NERFINISHED
Libido language NERFINISHED
Qewena language
Sidamo language
languageFamily Afroasiatic NERFINISHED
linguisticClassification Afroasiatic > Cushitic > East Cushitic > Highland East Cushitic
neighboringLanguageGroups Lowland East Cushitic NERFINISHED
Omotic languages NERFINISHED
Semitic languages of Ethiopia
partOf Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family
primaryWordOrder SOV (for many member languages)
region Ethiopian Highlands NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ethiopia NERFINISHED
status several member languages are vigorous
some member languages are endangered
subclassOf Cushitic languages NERFINISHED
East Cushitic NERFINISHED
typology agglutinative language type (for many member languages)
usedBy various ethnic groups in southern and central Ethiopia
writingSystem Ethiopic script (for some member languages)

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cushitic hasSubbranch Highland East Cushitic
Sidama languageBranch Highland East Cushitic
Sidamu Afoo subfamily Highland East Cushitic
Hadiyya language subfamilyOf Highland East Cushitic
this entity surface form: East Cushitic languages
Hadiyya language languageSubbranch Highland East Cushitic
Kambaata language subfamily Highland East Cushitic