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Afroasiatic
Af•ro•a•si•at•ic or Af•ro-A•si•at•ic (ˌæf roʊˌeɪ ʒiˈæt ɪk, -ˌeɪ ʃi-, -ˌeɪ zi-)
n. 1. a family of languages spoken or formerly spoken in SW Asia and Africa, having as branches Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic. adj. 2. of or pertaining to Afroasiatic. [1955–1960] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Afroasiatic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and AfricaAfrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semiticnatural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer languageChadic, Chadic language, Chad - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central AfricaSemitic - a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language familyHamitic, Hamitic language - a group of languages in northern Africa related to SemiticEgyptian - the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BCBerber - a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in MoroccoCushitic - a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regionsOmotic - a group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia; closely related to Cushitic languages |
Afroasiatic
Synonyms for Afroasiaticnoun a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and AfricaSynonyms- Afrasian
- Afrasian language
- Afro-Asiatic
- Afroasiatic language
- Hamito-Semitic
Related Words- natural language
- tongue
- Chadic
- Chadic language
- Chad
- Semitic
- Hamitic
- Hamitic language
- Egyptian
- Berber
- Cushitic
- Omotic
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