Afro–Asiatic languages
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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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