SINCE 1828
Afro-Asiatic languages
plural noun
Af·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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