Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages,[168] with academic studies of it dating from before 1900.[citation needed]
Af-Soomaaligu waa tan ugu badan Afafka Kushitiga loogu qorista badanyahay sideedaba,[86] Waxaa jirtay daraasad cilmiyeed ku saabsan Af-Soomaaliga kana horaysay 1900.