South Cushitic

E837603

South Cushitic is a subgroup of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family, comprising several closely related languages spoken mainly in parts of Tanzania and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
South Cushitic canonical 4
South Cushitic languages 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Cushitic
language subgroup
alsoKnownAs Rift languages
classificationStatus generally accepted as a distinct branch within Cushitic
hasAlternativeName Rift (South Cushitic)
hasCharacteristic shares common morphological innovations within Cushitic
shares common phonological innovations within Cushitic
shows heavy contact influence from neighboring language families
hasContactWith Bantu languages of Tanzania
Khoisan (Hadza and Sandawe) languages
linked to: Khoisan languages

Nilotic languages
hasExtinctLanguage Asax language
Kwʼadza language
hasMember Aasáx (Asa) language
Alagwa language
Asax language
Burunge language
Dawida-Mbugu complex
Gorowa language
Iraqw language
Kwʼadi-Kwʼadza group
Kwʼadza language
Mbugu language
hasNotableLanguage Alagwa language
Burunge language
Gorowa language
Iraqw language
hasRegion Dodoma Region
East Africa
Great Rift Valley
Kenya (historically or marginally)
linked to: Kenya

Lake Eyasi region
Manyara Region
Tanzania
central Tanzania
northern Tanzania
hasResearcher Christopher Ehret
Mauro Tosco
Rainer Vossen
hasSubgroup East Rift South Cushitic
Rift (Iraqw–Gorowa–Alagwa) cluster
West Rift South Cushitic
isStudiedIn African linguistics
Afroasiatic linguistics
historical linguistics
languageBranch Cushitic
languageFamily Afroasiatic
partOf Afroasiatic language family
Cushitic branch
linked to: Cushitic
subdivisionOf Afroasiatic language family
Cushitic

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cushitic hasSubbranch South Cushitic
Alagwa hasSubgroup South Cushitic
Gorowa language subfamilyOf South Cushitic languages
linked to: South Cushitic
Gorowa language languageSubbranch South Cushitic
Alagwa language languageSubbranch South Cushitic
Mbulu subfamily South Cushitic languages
linked to: South Cushitic