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Afro-Asiatic languages

plural noun Af·ro-Asi·at·ic languages \ ˌa-frō-ˌā-zhē-ˈa-tik- , -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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First Known Use of afro-asiatic languages

circa 1957

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