Afroasiatic

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adjective

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.

Similar
AfrasianHamito-SemiticSemito-HamiticAfro-AsiaticAfroasiatic languageAfrasian language
OriginEnglish Asiatic ← Latin āsiāticu ← Ancient Greek Ἀσῐᾱτῐκός (Asĭātĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectiveAfroasiatic (not comparable)

alternative Afro-Asiatic

  1. not comparableOf, 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.

    Synonyms: Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, Semito-Hamitic

proper noun

alternative Afro-Asiatic

  1. human sciencesThe language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and possibly Omotic languages.

    Synonyms: Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, 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.

Similar
AfrasianHamito-SemiticSemito-Hamitic

proper nounThe language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and possibly Omotic languages.

Similar
AfrasianHamito-Semitic

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
Afro-AsiaticAfroasiatic languageAfrasianAfrasian languageHamito-Semitic
Broader
natural languagetongue
Also see
afrasianhamito-semitic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinĀfrī
  2. EnglishAfro-
  3. Ancient GreekἈσίᾱ (Asíā)
  4. Ancient GreekἈσῐᾱτῐκός (Asĭātĭkós)
  5. Latināsiāticu
  6. EnglishAsiatic
  7. EnglishAfroasiatic

From Afro- + Asiatic.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 亞非語系 /亚非语系
  • 亞非語系 /亚非语系 (yàfēiyǔxì)language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
Dutch Afro-Aziatisch
  • Afro-Aziatischof, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
Finnish afroaasialainen, afroaasialainen kielikunta
  • afroaasialainenof, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
  • afroaasialainen kielikuntalanguage family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
German afroasiatisch, Afroasiatisch
  • afroasiatischof, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
  • Afroasiatischlanguage family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
Hungarian afroázsiai
  • afroázsiaiof, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
Irish Afra-Áisic
  • Afra-Áisiclanguage family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
Japanese アフロ・アジア語族
  • アフロ・アジア語族 (Afuro-Ajia gozoku)language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
Russian афрази́йский
  • афрази́йский (afrazíjskij)of, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
Swedish afroasiatisk
  • afroasiatiskof, pertaining to, or being a language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia — see also Hamito-Semitic
Cite this entry
APA

Afroasiatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afroasiatic

MLA

“Afroasiatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afroasiatic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Afroasiatic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afroasiatic.

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