Back উচ্চভূমি পূর্ব কুশিটীয় ভাষাসমূহ Bengali/Bangla Yezhoù kouchitek an Uheldiroù BR Cuixític oriental de les Terres Altes Catalan Hochlandostkuschitische Sprachen German Brdski istočnokušitski jezici Croatian Lengas coshiticas orientalas de las tèrras nautas OC Highland East Cushitic languages SIMPLE
| Highland East Cushitic | |
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| Sidamic | |
| Geographic distribution | Ethiopia |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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| Glottolog | high1285 |
Highland East Cushitic or Burji-Sidamo is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in south-central Ethiopia. They are often grouped with Lowland East Cushitic, Dullay, and Yaaku as East Cushitic. The most popular language is Sidama, with close to two million speakers.
The languages are:
The four to six Sidamoid languages are all closely related. Hadiyya and Libido are especially close, as are Kambaata and Alaba. Their relationship with Burji is more distant and was first proposed in 1940;[1] it has been accepted widely but not universally.
- ^ Lamberti, Marcello (1991). "Cushitic and its Classifications". Anthropos: 552–561.