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2 days ago · 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 days ago · The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic , Amharic , Aramaic , Hebrew , and numerous other ancient and modern languages. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia , North Africa , [a] the Horn of Africa , [b] [c] Malta , [d] and in large immigrant and expatriate ...
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Mar 20, 2024 · Afroasiatic languages are the fourth largest linguistic phylum, spoken by some 350 million people in North, West, Central, and East Africa, in the Middle East, and in scattered communities in Europe, the United States, and the Caucasus.
Mar 21, 2024 · Formerly Hamito-Semitic languages hămʹĭtō-səmĭtʹĭk, family of approximately 250 Afroasiatic languages, spoken by about 340 million ethnically and racially different people, occupy today the major part of the Middle East, all of North Africa, much of North-East Africa and a considerable area in what may roughly be defined as the ...
Mar 21, 2024 · The Berber language belongs to the vast Afroasiatic language family, which encompasses languages spoken across North Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. Within this family, Berber is classified as a distinct branch, but its exact relationship with other Afroasiatic languages remains a subject of debate.
Apr 5, 2024 · Hausa language, the most important indigenous lingua franca in West and Central Africa, spoken as a first or second language by about 40–50 million people. It belongs to the Western branch of the Chadic language superfamily within the Afro-Asiatic language phylum.
