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Afro-Asiatic

noun

  1. Also calledSemito-Hamitic a family of languages of SW Asia and N Africa, consisting of the Semitic, ancient Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic subfamilies


adjective

  1. denoting, belonging to, or relating to this family of languages

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