Afro-Asiatic

noun

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

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

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Their language was Tigrinya, an Afro-Asiatic tongue closely related to the ancient South Semitic Ge’ez and spoken in Eritrea and its diaspora, as well as in northern Ethiopia.

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Afroasiatic Afro-British

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