The Cushitic languages are a subgroup of the Map showing the distribution of Afro-Asiatic languages The Afro-Asiatic languages are a language family of about 240 languages and 285 million people widespread throughout North Africa, East Africa, the Sahel, and Southwest Asia. ...Afro_Asiatic languages phylum, named after the Biblical figure Cush (כּוּשׁ Black, Standard Hebrew Kuš, Tiberian Hebrew Kûš) was the eldest son of Ham, brother of Canaan and the father of Nimrod, mentioned in the table of nations in the Book of Genesis (x. ...Cush by analogy with The Semitic languages are the northeastern subfamily of the Afro_Asiatic languages, and the only family of this group spoken in Asia. ...Semitic. They are spoken in the The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. ...Horn of Africa. The most prominent language is The Oromo language is an Afro_Asiatic language, and the most widely spoken of the Cushitic sub_phylum. ...Oromo with about 21 million speakers, followed by The Somali language is a member of the Cushitic languages. ...Somali (in Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال, As_Sumal), formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is an African country that exists solely in a de jure capacity. ...Somalia, This article needs cleanup. ...Ethiopia, The Republic of Djibouti (جيبوتي) is a country in eastern Africa, located in the Horn of Africa. ...Djibouti, and Kenya (pronounced either as KEN_ya or as KEEN_ya, the former being more common and thought to be correct) is a country of eastern Africa, bordering Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and the Indian Ocean. ...Kenya) with about 15 million speakers, Sidamo (in Ethiopia) with about 2 million speakers, and Afar is an East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. ...Afar (in This article is about the African nation. ...Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti) with about 1.5 million. It is divided into the following subgroups, following Joseph Greenberg may refer to one of The linguist Joseph H. Greenberg The director of Yiddish_language films, better known as Joseph Green This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...Joseph Greenberg as modified by Harold Fleming:

• Beja (also called Bedawi, Bedauye, To Bedawie) is an Afro-Asiatic language of the southern coast of the Red Sea, spoken by about two million nomads in parts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea. ...Beja language (often placed outside Cushitic proper)
• The Central Cushitic, or Agaw, languages are spoken by small groups in Ethiopia and Eritrea; they include Bilin. ...Central Cushitic languages (or Agaw languages)
• East Cushitic languages (including The Oromo language is an Afro-Asiatic language, and the most widely spoken of the Cushitic sub-phylum. ...Oromo, The Somali language is a member of the Cushitic languages. ...Somali, Sidamo, and Afar is an East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. ...Afar)
• South Cushitic languages (or Rift, including Iraqw and arguably Dahalo is an endangered South Cushitic language spoken by about 3000 people in Kenya. ...Dahalo)

Robert Hetzron has suggested that the South Cushitic languages are a subgroup of East Cushitic. Others have instead suggested breaking up East Cushitic into Sidamic or Highlands, Somalic or Lowlands (including Oromo), and Yaaku-Dullay, for a Cushitic with five branches: Agaw, Sidamic, Somalic, Yaaku-Dullay, Rift.

Cushitic was traditionally seen as also including the The Omotic languages are Afro-Asiatic languages spoken in northeast Africa. ...Omotic languages, then called The Omotic languages are Afro_Asiatic languages spoken in northeast Africa. ...West Cushitic, but this view has been largely abandoned.