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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Afroasiatic_languagesAfroasiatic languages - Wikipedia

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   Apr 17, 2024 · The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes Afrasian ), also known as Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic, are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel. [2] Over 500 million people are native speakers of an Afroasiatic ...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Berber_languagesBerber languages - Wikipedia

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   4 days ago · The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, [a] are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [1] [2] They comprise a group of closely related but mostly mutually unintelligible languages [3] spoken by Berber communities, who are indigenous to North Africa.

   • Linguistic classification: Afro-AsiaticBerber

   • Proto-language: Proto-Berber

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   Are Afroasiatic languages native to Africa?

   • The vast majority of Afroasiatic languages are considered indigenous to the African continent, including all those not belonging to the Semitic branch. Arabic, if counted as a single language, is by far the most widely spoken within the family, with around 300 million native speakers concentrated primarily in the Middle East and North Africa.

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   Are Afroasiatic languages related to Semitic languages?

   • The Afroasiatic languages spoken in Africa are not more closely related to each other than they are to Semitic, as one would expect if only Semitic had remained in an West Asian homeland while all other branches had spread from there.

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   What are the 6 branches of Afroasiatic language?

   • Most linguists divide the family into six branches: Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and Omotic. The vast majority of Afroasiatic languages are considered indigenous to the African continent, including all those not belonging to the Semitic branch.

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   Are there any etymological dictionaries of Afroasiatic?

   • There are two etymological dictionaries of Afroasiatic, one by Christopher Ehret, and one by Vladimir Orel and Olga Stolbova, both from 1995. Both works provide highly divergent reconstructions and have been heavily criticized by other scholars.

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4. oxfordre.com › linguistics › displayAfroasiatic Languages | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of ...

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   6 days ago · Some Afroasiatic languages, such as Arabic, Hausa, Amharic, Somali, and Oromo, are spoken by millions of people, while others are endangered with extinction. As of the early 21st century, the phylum is composed of six families: Egyptian (extinct), Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic, Berber, and Chadic.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nilo-Saharan_languagesNilo-Saharan languages - Wikipedia

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   4 days ago · The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of African languages spoken by somewhere around 70 million speakers, [1] mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet. The languages extend through 17 nations in the northern half of Africa: from Algeria to ...

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   • Native speakers: ca. 70 million for all branches listed below.

   • Linguistic classification: Proposed language family

6. www.ncesc.com › geographic-faq › what-is-the-westWhat is the West Caucasian language? - Geographic FAQ Hub ...

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   Apr 14, 2024 · The West Caucasian language refers to a group of languages that belong to the Northwest Caucasian family, also known as the West Caucasian or Abkhaz-Adyghe family. This language family includes five languages: West Circassian, Kabardian, Ubykh, Abkhaz, and Abaza. These languages are known for their high degree of polysynthesis.

7. credoreference.libguides.com › cAncient Civilizations in Credo: Middle and Near East

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   Apr 11, 2024 · Language belonging to the West Semitic subdivision of the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages (see Afroasiatic languages). At some point during the second millenium b.c., the Aramaeans abandoned their desert existence and settled in Syria, bringing their language, Aramaic, with them.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › Chadic languageChadic language - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Apr 8, 2024 · a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa. synonyms: Chad, Chadic. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Chadic language." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Chadic language. Accessed 08 Apr. 2024. Copy citation