Afro-Asiatic languages
plural nounAf·ro-Asi·at·ic languages | \ ˌa-frō-ˌā-zhē-ˈa-tik- 
, -zē- also -shē- \
, -zē- also -shē- \Definition of Afro-Asiatic languages
: a family of languages widely distributed over southwestern Asia and northern Africa, comprising the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chad subfamilies — see hamitic languages
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The first known use of Afro-Asiatic languages was circa 1957
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