#cushitic

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Djibouti, Editions Delroisse (1977)

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Aesthetic of the languages on earth : Oromo

Oromo is a Cushitic language spoken by 45 million people over the Oromia region in Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It is an official language in Ethiopia and a recognized minority language in Kenya.

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Danakil Warrior. Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia

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If you ever thought the proliferation of endonyms vs. exonyms of Uralic languages is hard to keep track of: for some reason Cushitic is easily 3× worse, typically there's at least an endonym + local exonym + Amharic exonym + Italian rendering of either exonym; and at its worst it goes up to… this

[kemetic-dreams]

Analysis of classic genetic markers and DNA polymorphisms by Excoffier et al. (1987) found that the Sara are most closely related to the Kunama people of Eritrea.

Both populations speak languages from the Nilo-Saharan family. They are also similar to West African populations, but biologically distinct from the surrounding Cushitic and Ethiopian Semitic Afro-Asiatic-speaking groups

The Sara people are a Central Sudanic ethnic group native to southern Chad, the northwestern areas of the Central African Republic, and the southern border of North Sudan. They speak the Sara languages which are a part of the Central Sudanic language family. They are also the largest ethnic group in Chad.

Sara oral histories add further details about the people. In summary, the Sara are mostly animists (veneration of nature), with a social order made up of several patrilineal clans formerly united into a single polity with a national language, national identity, and national religion. 

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Woman of the Oromo people, Ethiopia, 1905

The Oromo people are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to Ethiopia and until today are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia.

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Beja Tribesmen Eastern Sudan/Egypt referred to as “Fuzzy Wuzzy"

“Fuzzy-Wuzzy” was the term used by British colonial soldiers for the nineteenth-century Beja warriors supporting the Sudanese Mahdiin the Mahdist War. The term Fuzzy Wuzzy is purely of English origin and is not connected with Arabic. The Beja are not Arabic speakers: their language, Tu Bedawi, is of Cushitic origin and is related to Somali and Afar [language] [X].

[ancestralvoices]

The Oromo peoples located in North East & East Africa (Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and parts of Somalia). Their native language is Oromo (also called Afaan Oromoo and Oromiffa), which is part of the Cushitic language family. The Oromo believe in a supreme creator called Waaqa, who is almighty and omniscient. The worship of Waaqa includes offerings as well as prayers. Peace is a fundamental concept asked for in prayers, every morning and evening the Oromo pray for peace for the nation. Ancestral Voices 2: Spirit is Eternal speaks in depth on shared African philosophy across the continent and its legacy in the diaspora. www.ancestralvoices.co.uk/av2 You can purchase the first film Ancestral Voices 1: Esoteric African Knowledge on DVD or digital download (Vimeo on demand) www.ancestralvoices.co.uk/av1 #ancestralvoices #africanspirituality #oromo #pray #peace #ethiopia #kenya #somalia #language #africa #supreme #creator #god #offerings #prayers #blackhistory #black #cushitic #people #information https://www.instagram.com/p/BwO7sA8nAjQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17wilguhqx60