Afroasiatic

or Af·ro-A·si·at·ic

[ af-roh-ey-zhee-at-ik, -ey-shee-, -ey-zee- ]

noun
  1. Formerly Hamito-Semitic . a family of languages including as subfamilies Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic.

adjective
  1. of, belonging to, or pertaining to Afroasiatic.

Origin of Afroasiatic

1
First recorded in 1955–60; Afro- + Asiatic

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British Dictionary definitions for Afro-Asiatic

Afro-Asiatic

noun
  1. Also called: Semito-Hamitic a family of languages of SW Asia and N Africa, consisting of the Semitic, ancient Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic subfamilies

adjective
  1. denoting, belonging to, or relating to this family of languages

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