Afro-Asiatic

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Af·ro–Asi·at·ic

adj
\ˌa-frō-ˌā-zhē-ˈa-tik, -zē- also -shē-\

Definition of AFRO-ASIATIC

: 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

First Known Use of AFRO-ASIATIC

1953

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