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Lowland East Cushitic [1] is a group of roughly two dozen diverse languages of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Its largest representatives are Oromo and Somali . Classification. Lowland East Cushitic classification from Tosco (2020:297): [2] Saho–Afar. Southern. Nuclear. Omo–Tana. Oromoid. Peripheral (?) Dullay. Yaaku.
- Cushitic languages
Hetzron (1980) and Ehret (1995) have suggested that the...
- Cushitic-speaking peoples
Speakers of Lowland East Cushitic languages. Speakers of...
- Cushitic languages
The Lowland East Cushitic languages are a branch of Cushitic languages spoken on the Horn of Africa. There are around 25 languages in the branch still spoken. The most spoken are the Oromo and Somali languages .
Arbore well exemplifies a number of typical Lowland East Cushitic features such as: a three-term number system (basic unit: singulative: plural) in nouns, within which "polarity" figures, i.e., gender alternations across the various number forms of a lexeme; a morphosyntax thoroughly deployed in distinguishing topic and contrastive ...
Afar is classified within the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family. It is further categorized in the Lowland East Cushitic sub-group, along with Saho and Somali. Its closest relative is the Saho language. Geographic distribution
Cushitic languages are often described as tonal, meaning that they incorporate two (high and low) or sometimes three (high, middle, and low) pitches to distinguish among words that are otherwise identical; contrast this to the use of intonation (as in English), in which meaning is provided by pitch changes (rising, falling) that occur across the...
