Afroasiatic

Of tongue.   May also be referred to as Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language and Hamito-Semitic.

A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.

This concept's ID is @1~37335

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  • Semitic 6 facts

    A major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.

  • Chad 4 facts

    A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south...

  • Egyptian 1 facts

    The ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date...

  • Berber 1 facts

    A cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of...

  • Cushitic 1 facts

    A group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent...

  • Omotic 0 facts

    A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia; closely related to...

  • Hamitic 0 facts

    A group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic.