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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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-Semitic.
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or being a
language family spoken innorthern Africa andsouthwest Asia , and includingSemitic ,Egyptian ,Berber ,Omotic ,Cushitic , andChadic languages .
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- noun a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
- noun a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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No, I meant "Afro-Asiatic" as in the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.
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Glen: No, I meant "Afro-Asiatic" as in the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.
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This is of a piece with the fact that these Near Eastern populations also have close linguistic ties within the Semitic language group of the Afro-Asiatic languages.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Interesting DNA Information 2010
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This is of a piece with the fact that these Near Eastern populations also have close linguistic ties within the Semitic language group of the Afro-Asiatic languages.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Interesting DNA Information 2010
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The word relates to sbȝ 'to play a flute' which in turn is cognate with Semitic *zamāru 'to play music', suggesting Afro-Asiatic heritage.
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The word relates to sbȝ 'to play a flute' which in turn is cognate with Semitic *zamāru 'to play music', suggesting Afro-Asiatic heritage.
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There are North Africans who look as white as a lot of Europeans but they are not Europeans or of European origin but Berbers who speak an Afro-Asiatic language.
TONIGHT ON THE TERRORDOME: Martin Bernal on African Egypt 2010
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In fact North Africa and West Asia could be considered part of one region, even the linguistic group Afro-Asiatic suggests this.
TONIGHT ON THE TERRORDOME: Martin Bernal on African Egypt 2010
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About Egyptian Arabic Egyptian Arabic is part of the Arabic macrolanguage of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
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They speak the Hausa language, a member of the Chadic language group, itself a sub-group of the larger Afro-Asiatic language family.
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