Editing Afroasiatic languages (section)

===Cushitic===
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There are about 30 Cushitic languages,{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=259}} more if Omotic is included,{{sfn|Appleyard|2012|p=39}} spoken around the Horn of Africa and in Sudan and Tanzania.{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=259}} The Cushitic family is traditionally split into four branches: the single language of Beja (c. 3 million speakers), the Agaw languages, Eastern Cushitic, and Southern Cushitic.{{sfn|Gragg|2019|pp=25–26}}{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=259}} Only one Cushitic language, [[Oromo language|Oromo]], has more than 25 million speakers; other languages with more than a million speakers include [[Somali language|Somali]], [[Afar language|Afar]], [[Hadiyya language|Hadiyya]], and [[Sidaama language|Sidaama]].{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=259}} Many Cushitic languages have relatively few speakers.{{sfn|Appleyard|2012|p=39}} Cushitic does not appear to be related to the written ancient languages known from its area, [[Meroitic language|Meroitic]] or [[Old Nubian]].{{sfn|Lipiński|2001|p=30}} The oldest text in a Cushitic language probably dates from around 1770;{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=259}} written orthographies were only developed for a select number of Cushitic languages in the early 20th century.{{sfn|Appleyard|2012|p=39}}