Definitions for hamitic language
hamitic lan·guage

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1. Hamitic, Hamitic languagenoun

   a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic

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1. hamitic language

   Hamites is the name formerly used for some Northern and Horn of Africa peoples in the context of a now-outdated model of dividing humanity into different races which was developed originally by Europeans in support of colonialism and slavery. The term was originally borrowed from the Book of Genesis, where it is used for the descendants of Ham, son of Noah. The term was originally used in contrast to the other two proposed divisions of mankind based on the story of Noah: Semites and Japhetites. The appellation Hamitic was applied to the Berber, Cushitic, and Egyptian branches of the Afroasiatic language family, which, together with the Semitic branch, was thus formerly labelled "Hamito-Semitic". However, since the three Hamitic branches have not been shown to form an exclusive (monophyletic) phylogenetic unit of their own, separate from other Afroasiatic languages, linguists no longer use the term in this sense. Each of these branches is instead now regarded as an independent subgroup of the larger Afroasiatic family.Beginning in the 19th century, scholars generally classified the Hamitic race as a subgroup of the Caucasian race, alongside the Aryan race and the Semitic – thus grouping the non-Semitic populations native to North Africa and the Horn of Africa, including the Ancient Egyptians. According to the Hamitic theory, this "Hamitic race" was superior to or more advanced than the "Negroid" populations of Sub-Saharan Africa. In its most extreme form, in the writings of C. G. Seligman, this theory asserted that virtually all significant achievements in African history were the work of "Hamites". Since the 1960s the Hamitic hypothesis, along with other theories of "race science", has become entirely discredited in science.: 10 

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1. hamitic language

   The term "Hamitic language" is an obsolete term that was historically used in linguistic classification to refer to a now-discredited group of non-Semitic languages spoken in North Africa, parts of East Africa, and the Middle East. It was once assumed to be a language family, including ancient Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic and several other languages. However, modern linguistic research has found this classification to be inaccurate and the term is no longer in use. Most of these languages are now classified under the larger Afroasiatic language family.

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How to pronounce hamitic language?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hamitic language in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hamitic language in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hamitic language
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamitic_Language
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