Afroasiatic

== English == === Alternative forms === Afro-Asiatic === Etymology === From Afro- +‎ Asiatic. === Adjective === Afroasiatic (not comparable) 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. Synonyms: Afrasian, (dated) Hamito-Semitic, (dated) Semito-Hamitic ==== Derived terms ==== Afroasiaticist Proto-Afroasiatic ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Afroasiatic (linguistics) The language family spoken in northern Africa and southwest Asia, and including Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and possibly Omotic languages. Synonyms: (uncommon) Afrasian, (dated) Hamito-Semitic ==== Translations ====