Afroasiatic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(af′rō ā′zhē at′ik, -ā′shē-, -ā′zē-)


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Af•ro•a•si•at•ic  (af′rō ā′zhē at′ik, -ā′shē-, -ā′zē-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Language Varietiesof, belonging to, or pertaining to Afroasiatic;
    Hamito-Semitic.

n. 
  1. Language VarietiesAlso called Hamito-Semitic. a family of languages including as subfamilies Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic. Cf. family (def. 14).
Also, Af′ro-A′si•at′ic. 
  • Afro- + Asiatic 1955–60

'Afroasiatic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Chadic - Coptic - Cushitic - Egyptian - Hamitic - Hamito-Semitic - Hausa - Hebrew - Omotic - Semitic - Tuareg

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