Afro-Asiatic

A form of Afroasiatic — Of, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and possibly Omotic languages.

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AfroasiaticAfroasiatic languageAfrasianAfrasian languageHamito-Semitic
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Afroasiatic.
adjectiveAfro-Asiatic (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Afroasiatic.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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AfroasiaticAfroasiatic languageAfrasianAfrasian languageHamito-Semitic
Broader
natural languagetongue
Also see
afrasianafroasiatichamito-semitic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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