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adj
Afroasiatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Afroasiatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural language, tongue
Narrower terms: Chad, Chadic, Chadic language, Semitic, Hamitic, Hamitic language, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, Omotic
History
From Hamite + -o- + Semitic or Hamito- + Semitic.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
