<sod> The '''Cushitic languages''' are those languages that are in the [[Afro-Asiatic_languages | Afro-Asiatic languages phylum]]. They are spoken in the [[Horn of Africa]]. The most prominent language is [[Oromo]] with about 9 million speakers. [[Somali]], spoken in [[Somalia]] has about 5 million speakers. <eod> <sod>The '''Cushitic languages''' are those languages that are in the [[Afro-Asiatic_languages | Afro-Asiatic languages phylum]]. They are spoken in the [[Horn of Africa]]. The most prominent language is [[Oromo]] with about 9 million speakers. [[Somali]], spoken in [[Somalia]] has about 5 million speakers and [[Afar language|Afar]], spoken in Ethiopia, has about 1.5 million. <eod>