<sod> The '''Cushitic languages''' are a subgroup of 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 language|Somali]], spoken in [[Somalia]] has about 5 million speakers and [[Afar language|Afar]], spoken in [[Ethiopia]], has about 1.5 million.  It is divided into the following subgroups:
 
 * [[Beja language]] (sometimes seen as outside Cushitic proper)
 * [[Central Cushitic languages]] (including [[Agaw languages|Agaw]] and [[Bilin language|Bilin]])
* [[East Cushitic languages]] (including [[Somali language|Somali]] and [[Afar language|Afar]])
 * [[South Cushitic languages]] (including [[Iraqw language|Iraqw]] and [[Dahalo language|Dahalo]])
 
 It was traditionally seen as also including the [[Omotic languages]], but this view has been largely abandoned.
 <eod> <sod>The '''Cushitic languages''' are a subgroup of the [[Afro-Asiatic languages | Afro-Asiatic languages phylum]]. They are spoken in the [[Horn of Africa]]. The most prominent language is [[Oromo language|Oromo]] with about 21 million speakers. [[Somali language|Somali]], spoken in [[Somalia]] has about 10 million speakers and [[Afar language|Afar]], spoken in [[Ethiopia]], has about 1.5 million.  It is divided into the following subgroups:
 
 * [[Beja language]] (sometimes seen as outside Cushitic proper)
 * [[Central Cushitic languages]] (including [[Agaw languages|Agaw]] and [[Bilin language|Bilin]])
* [[East Cushitic languages]] (including [[Oromo language|Oromo]], [[Somali language|Somali]], and [[Afar language|Afar]])
 * [[South Cushitic languages]] (including [[Iraqw language|Iraqw]] and [[Dahalo language|Dahalo]])
 
 It was traditionally seen as also including the [[Omotic languages]], but this view has been largely abandoned.
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