AFRO-ASIATIC


Meaning of AFRO-ASIATIC in English

Pronunciation: ˌ a-fr ō - ˌ ā -zh ē - ' a-tik, -z ē - also -sh ē -

Function: adjective

Date: 1953

: of, relating to, or being a family of languages widely distributed over southwestern Asia and Africa including the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic subfamilies

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