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Cush⋅it⋅ic

  [kuh-shit-ik]
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–noun
1. a subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Somali, Oromo, and other languages of Somalia and Ethiopia.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Cushitic.
Also, Kushitic.

Origin:
1905–10; Cushite (see Cush, -ite 1 ) + -ic
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Cush·it·ic   (kŏŏ-shĭt'ĭk)   
n.  A branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and northern Kenya and including Beja, Oromo, and Somali.
Cush·it'ic adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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