单词 | Afrasian |
释义 | Afrasian (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY Afrasian n a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa Syn|Hypo|Hyper Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic Chad, Chadic, Chadic language a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa Semitica major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family Hamitic, Hamitic languagea group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic Egyptianthe ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC Berbera cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco Cushitica group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions Omotica group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia; closely related to Cushitic languages West Chadica group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member Biu-Mandaraa group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad East Chadica group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad Masaan independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages Akkadianan ancient branch of the Semitic languages Amharic, Ethiopian languagethe dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact Arabic, Arabic languagethe Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects Aramaica Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia Maltese, Maltese language, Maltithe national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French Canaanitic, Canaanitic languagea group of Semitic languages Copticthe liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet Tuaregthe dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg Somalithe Cushitic language spoken by the Somali natural language, tongue a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language |
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