The Somali language is a member of the <answer>Cushitic</answer> branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Its nearest relatives are the Afar and Saho languages. Somali is the best documented of the <answer>Cushitic</answer> languages, with academic studies of it dating from before 1900.
What branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family does the Somali language belong to?
Cushitic