1. Hamitic - Noun
2. Hamitic - Adjective
3. Hamitic - Proper noun
a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic
Source: WordNetHowever, the Hamitic peoples themselves were often deemed to have failed as rulers, which was usually ascribed to interbreeding with Negroes. Source: Internet
Marcel Cohen (1924) rejected the idea of a distinct Hamitic subgroup and included Hausa (a Chadic language) in his comparative Hamito-Semitic vocabulary. Source: Internet
He regarded it as a fourth subrace of the Caucasian race, along with the Aryan, Semitic, and Hamitic subraces. Source: Internet
Populations of Hamitic origin form the majorities in the Arab states of North Africa and the Horn of Africa. Source: Internet
The Germans believed the Tutsi ruling class was a superior racial type who, because of their apparent " Hamitic " origins on the Horn of Africa, were more "European" than the Hutu. Source: Internet
These classifications relied in part on non-linguistic anthropological and racial arguments that have largely been discredited (see Hamitic hypothesis ). Source: Internet