Hamitic
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
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denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages
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denoting, belonging to, or characteristic of the Hamites
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Origin of Hamitic
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A proud people, tall, lithe' and fine-featured, the Somalis are Hamitic in origin, descended in part from 7th century Arabs who crossed into Africa from Yemen.
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The majority of the people are of the Eastern Hamitic family mixed with cultured Himyaritic Semites from South Arabia.
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His names, Bar and Nin, are respectively a Semitic and a Hamitic term signifying "lord" or "master."
Of the vocabulary it must not be forgotten that none of the Hamitic tongues remained untouched by Semitic influences after the separation of the Hamites and Semites, say 4000 or 6000 B.C.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
Hence the relations of Semitic and Hamitic still require many investigations in detail, for which the works of Reinisch and Basset have merely built up a basis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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