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

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Afroasiatic languages
Afroasiatic (Afro-Asiatic), also known as Afrasian and traditionally as Hamito-Semitic (Chamito-Semitic), is a large language family of several hundred related languages and dialects. It comprises about 300 or so living languages and dialects, according to the 2009 Ethnologue estimate. It includes languages spoken predominantly in the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahel.

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Afroasiatic
Noun
1. a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
(synonym) Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic
(hypernym) natural language, tongue
(hyponym) Chad, Chadic, Chadic language