Lowland East Cushitic languages
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Lowland East Cushitic languages are a branch of the Cushitic family of Afroasiatic languages spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, including widely used tongues such as Somali and Oromo.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lowland East Cushitic | 1 |
| Lowland East Cushitic languages canonical | 1 |
| Lowland East Cushitic peoples | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cushitic language subgroup
ⓘ
language branch ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
contact with Ethiosemitic languages
ⓘ
contact with Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| hasMajorLanguage |
Afar language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oromo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Saho language NERFINISHED ⓘ Somali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Afar language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alaba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Arbore language NERFINISHED ⓘ Baiso language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bayso language NERFINISHED ⓘ Boni language NERFINISHED ⓘ Burji language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirasha language NERFINISHED ⓘ Elmolo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gawwada language ⓘ Hadiyya language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kambaata language NERFINISHED ⓘ Konso language NERFINISHED ⓘ Oromo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Qimant language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rendille language NERFINISHED ⓘ Saho language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidamo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Somali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Afroasiatic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Afroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Cushitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Afar people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oromo people NERFINISHED ⓘ Somali people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Djibouti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Cushitic languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
case marking on nouns
ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ predominantly SOV word order ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsedByMembers |
Arabic script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Geʽez script NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lowland East Cushitic peoples
subject surface form:
Saho language
this entity surface form:
Lowland East Cushitic