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Afro-Asiatic languages
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Afro-Asiatic Language Family
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Topics - Linguistics: The Afro-Asiatic Language Family
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The History Of The Afroasiatic Languages
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Sound of Afroasiatic Languages
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What is Afroasiatic Languages?
Afroasiatic (Afro-Asiatic), also known as Afrasian and in older sources as Hamito-Semitic (Chamito-Semitic) or Semito-Hamitic, is a large language family of about 300 languages. It includes languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and parts of the Sahel.
Types
Etymology
Distribution and branches
Demographics
Classification history
Position among the world's languages
Date of Afroasiatic
Afroasiatic Urheimat
Similarities in grammar and syntax
Shared vocabulary
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