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Afro-asiatic

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Noun

1. afrasian, afrasian language, afro-asiatic, afroasiatic, afroasiatic language, hamito-semitic

a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Afro-asiatic

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noun
1. Also called: Semito-Hamitic
a family of languages of SW Asia and N Africa, consisting of the Semitic, ancient Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic subfamilies
adjective
2. 
denoting, belonging to, or relating to this family of languages

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Afro-asiatic

see synonyms of afro-asiatic
n.
A large family of languages spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, comprising the Semitic, Chadic, Cushitic, Berber, Omotic, and ancient Egyptian languages; formerly known as Hamito-Semitic.

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