Afroasiatic

See also: Afro-Asiatic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Afro- +‎ Asiatic.

Adjective

Afroasiatic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, and possibly Omotic languages.
    Synonyms: Afrasian, (dated) Hamito-Semitic, (dated) Semito-Hamitic

Translations

Proper noun

Afroasiatic

  1. The Afro-Asiatic language family.
    Synonyms: (dated) Hamito-Semitic, Afrasian

Translations
of or pertaining to a language family — see also Hamito-Semitic
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