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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and possibly Omotic languages. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and possibly Omotic languages.

Synonyms

All synonyms

hamito semiticafrasianafrasianafrasianafrasian languageafro asiatic

Example

More examples

"Berber is an Afroasiatic language."

Etymology

From Afro- + Asiatic.

Related phrases

Proto-Afroasiatic

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