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Robert Hetzron has suggested that the Rift languages (South Cushitic) are a part of Lowland East Cushitic, [4] and Kießling & Mous (2003) have suggested more specifically that they be linked to a Southern Lowland branch, together with Oromo, Somali, and Yaaku – Dullay .
Hetzron (1980) and Ehret (1995) have suggested that the South Cushitic languages (Rift languages) are a part of Lowland East Cushitic, the only one of the six groups with much internal diversity. Omotic. Cushitic was formerly seen as also including most or all of the Omotic languages.
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Hetzron (1980:70ff) suggested that the Rift languages (South Cushitic) are a part of Lowland East Cushitic. Kießling & Mous (2003) have proposed more specifically that they be linked to a Southern Lowland branch, together with Oromo, Somali, and Yaaku–Dullay.
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- Taita Cushitic (extinct), Nyanza Rift (extinct), West Rift, ? East Rift (extinct)
The South Cushitic or West Rift Cushitic languages split into two branches: Southern vs. Northern. While the Southern branch continues in Burunge, the Northern branch comprises Alagwa and Iraqwoid, which includes the dialects Gorwaa and Iraqw.
Robert Hetzron has suggested that the Rift languages (South Cushitic) are a part of Lowland East Cushitic, [4] and Kießling & Mous (2003) have suggested more specifically that they be linked to a Southern Lowland branch, together with Oromo, Somali, and Yaaku–Dullay.
The sheer majority of Cushitic languages belong to one single subgroup: East Cushitic (EC). Its speech area extends from Eritrea with Saho to Mount Kenya with the extinct Yaaku language, and from the Indian Ocean with ‘Afar and Somali to the Sudanese-Ethiopian border with Dhaasanac (see Map 21.1 ).
Robert Hetzron has suggested that the Rift languages (South Cushitic) are a part of Lowland East Cushitic, and Kießling & Mous (2003) have suggested more specifically that they be linked to a Southern Lowland branch, together with Oromo, Somali, and Yaaku–Dullay.
