Afro-Asiatic languages

plural noun

Af·​ro-Asi·​at·​ic languages ˌa-frō-ˌā-zhē-ˈa-tik- 

-zē- also -shē-

: a family of languages widely distributed over southwestern Asia and northern Africa, comprising the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chad subfamilies see hamitic languages

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1957, in the meaning defined above

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