Hamito-Semitic

Speech parts

1. Hamito-Semitic - Noun

2. Hamito-Semitic - Adjective

3. Hamito-Semitic - Proper noun

Meaning

a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Afroasiatic Afro-Asiatic Afrasian Afroasiatic language Afrasian language semitic

Hypernyms

tongue natural language

Hyponyms

egyptian berber chad semitic Chadic Hamitic

Examples

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

In lieu of "Hamito-Semitic", the Russian linguist Igor Diakonoff later suggested the term "Afrasian", meaning "half African, half Asiatic", in reference to the geographic distribution of the family's constituent languages. Source: Internet

The term "Hamito-Semitic" remains in use in the academic traditions of some European countries. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Hamitic language Hamiticist Hamiticized Hamler hamlet hamlet author