In 1969, Harold Fleming proposed that a group of languages classified by Greenberg as Cushitic were in fact their own independent "Omotic" branch—a proposal that has been widely, if not universally, accepted.
ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn, hˈæɹəld flˈɛmɪŋ pɹəpˈoʊzd ðˌæɾə ɡɹˈuːp ʌv lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz klˈæsᵻfˌaɪd baɪ ɡɹˈiːnbɜːɡ æz kʊʃˈɪɾɪk wɜːɹ ɪn fˈækt ðɛɹ ˈoʊn ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt "ɑːmˈɑːɾɪk" bɹˈæntʃ—ɐ pɹəpˈoʊzəl ðɐthɐzbˌɪn wˈaɪdli, ɪf nˌɑːt jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsəli, ɐksˈɛptᵻd.