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afro asiatic

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Af⋅ro⋅a⋅si⋅at⋅ic

[af-roh-ey-zhee-at-ik, -ey-shee-, -ey-zee-]
–adjective
1. of, belonging to, or pertaining to Afroasiatic; Hamito-Semitic.
–noun
2. Also called Hamito-Semitic. a family of languages including as subfamilies Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic. Compare family (def. 14).
Also, Af⋅ro-A⋅si⋅at⋅ic.


Origin:
1955–60; Afro- + Asiatic
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