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Language code: cus

Technical information about ISO 639 language code cus

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The table below provides technical details for the Cushitic languages language, designated by the cus code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

cus

Name

Cushitic languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Beja (North Cushitic)Agaw (Central Cushitic)Highland East CushiticLowland East CushiticDullayYaakuSouth Cushitic
Related languages
SemiticBerberChadicAncient EgyptianOmotic
Key facts
Cushitic languages form one of the six primary branches of the Afro-Asiatic phylumThe family comprises roughly 30–40 distinct languages, from millions of speakers (e.g., Somali, Oromo) to only a few hundred (e.g., Yaaku)Common phonological traits include ejective stops, pharyngeal consonants, and a contrastive vowel-length systemWord order varies across the family, with both SOV and VSO patterns attestedLexical evidence suggests earlier vigesimal counting systems, though most languages now use a decimal base.
Sample phrase

Iska warran, sidee tahay?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Cushitic languages language, identified by the code cus, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.

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