They are spoken in Somalia, Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya.
[3] The primary division is between Rendille versus the remaining languages, for which Heine proposes the terms "Eastern Sam" or "Dad".
Within Blench's proposal, the primary division of Macro-Somali is first between Baiso, Sam, and Somali.
Girirra is left unclassified within Lowland East Cushitic.
[5] The following sound correspondences hold between Rendille, Aweer and Somali: The Eastern Sam or Dad group is characterized by the following four changes:[6] In Boni, several consonant clusters simplify:[7] This Afroasiatic languages-related article is a stub.