Afro-Asiatic languages

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• Afro-Asiatic languages — formerly Hamito Semitic languages Family of about 250 languages spoken in North Africa, parts of sub Saharan African, and the Middle East. It includes such languages as Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Hausa. The total number of speakers is estimated …   Universalium

• Afro-Asiatic languages — Infobox Language family name=Afro Asiatic region=Horn of Africa, North Africa, Southwest Asia familycolor=Afro Asiatic family=One of the World s major language families child1= Egyptian child2=Berber group child3=Chadic group child4=Cushitic… …   Wikipedia

• afro-asiatic languages — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun plural Usage: usually capitalized both As : a family of languages widely distributed over southwestern Asia and northern Africa, comprising the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chad subfamilies see hamitic …   Useful english dictionary

• List of Afro-Asiatic languages — The Afro Asiatic languages include some 372 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by people of Africa and western Asia. Each subfamily in this list contains many subgroups and individual languages.*Berber languages *Chadic languages… …   Wikipedia

• Proto-Afro-Asiatic — is the hypothetical proto language from which modern Afro Asiatic languages are descended.Ilya Yabonovich and other linguists, in examining the differences between the various members of the Afro Asiatic family have realised that all of the old… …   Wikipedia

• Proto-Afro-Asiatic — 1. noun a) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Afro Asiatic languages. b) A person who spoke the Proto Afro Asiatic language. 2. adjective Of or pertaining to the Proto Afro Asiatic language, or the people who spoke it …   Wiktionary

• Austro-Asiatic languages — Austro Asiatic Mon–Khmer Geographic distribution: South and Southeast Asia Linguistic classification: One of the world s major language families Proto language: Proto Mon–Khmer …   Wikipedia

• Afro-Asiatic — n. the family of languages spoken over southwestern Asia and Africa; comprised of Semitic Chadic Cushitic Berber Omotic and Egyptian languages adj. of or pertaining to the family of languages spoken over southwestern Asia and Africa; comprised of …   English contemporary dictionary

• Afro-Asiatic — Af·ro A·si·at·ic (ăf rō ā zhē ătʹĭk, shē , zē ) n. A large family of languages spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, comprising the Semitic, Chadic, Cushitic, Berber, Omotic, and ancient Egyptian languages; formerly known as Hamito… …   Universalium

• Afro-Asiatic — adjective Date: 1953 of, relating to, or being a family of languages widely distributed over southwestern Asia and Africa including the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic subfamilies …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Afro-Asiatic — adjective Of, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Omotic, Cushitic …   Wiktionary