<sod> The '''Cushitic languages''' are a subgroup of the [[Afro-Asiatic languages]], named after the Biblical figure [[Cush (Bible)|Cush]] by analogy with [[Semitic languages|Semitic]]. They are spoken in the [[Horn of Africa]]. The most prominent language is [[Oromo language|Oromo]] with about 30 to 40 million speakers, followed by [[Somali language|Somali]] (in [[Somalia]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], and [[Kenya]]) with about 20 million speakers, [[Sidamo language|Sidamo]] (in Ethiopia) with about 2 million speakers, and [[Afar language|Afar]] (in [[Eritrea]], Ethiopia, and Djibouti) with about 1.5 million speakers.  It is divided into the following subgroups, as per [[Joseph Greenberg]], as modified by [[Harold Fleming]]:
 
 * [[Beja language]] (often placed outside Cushitic proper)
 * [[Central Cushitic languages|Central Cushitic]] or [[Agaw languages|Agaw]] languages
 <eod> <sod>The '''Cushitic languages''' are a subgroup of the [[Afro-Asiatic languages]], named after the Biblical figure [[Cush (Bible)|Cush]] by analogy with [[Semitic languages|Semitic]]. They are spoken in the [[Horn of Africa]]. The most prominent language is [[Oromo language|Oromo]] with about 24 million speakers, followed by [[Somali language|Somali]] (in [[Somalia]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], and [[Kenya]]) with about 20 million speakers, [[Sidamo language|Sidamo]] (in Ethiopia) with about 2 million speakers, and [[Afar language|Afar]] (in [[Eritrea]], Ethiopia, and Djibouti) with about 1.5 million speakers.  It is divided into the following subgroups, as per [[Joseph Greenberg]], as modified by [[Harold Fleming]]:
 
 * [[Beja language]] (often placed outside Cushitic proper)
 * [[Central Cushitic languages|Central Cushitic]] or [[Agaw languages|Agaw]] languages
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