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

Example Sentences

Their language was Tigrinya, an Afro-Asiatic tongue closely related to the ancient South Semitic Ge’ez and spoken in Eritrea and its diaspora, as well as in northern Ethiopia.

From The New Yorker