Definitions for Afroasiatic
ˌæf roʊˌeɪ ʒiˈæt ɪk, -ˌeɪ ʃi-, -ˌeɪ zi-afroasi·at·ic

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1. Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semiticnoun

   a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa

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1. afroasiatic

   The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic subregions of Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara/Sahel. With the exception of its Semitic branch, all branches of the Afroasiatic family are exclusively native to the African continent. Afroasiatic languages have over 500 million native speakers, which is the fourth-largest number of native speakers of any language family (after Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Niger–Congo). The phylum has six branches: Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and Omotic. The most widely spoken modern Afroasiatic language or dialect continuum by far is Arabic, a de facto group of distinct language varieties within the Semitic branch. The languages that evolved from Proto-Arabic have around 313 million native speakers, concentrated primarily in the Middle East and North Africa.In addition to the languages spoken today, Afroasiatic includes many ancient languages, such as Egyptian, which forms a distinct branch of the family; and within the Semitic family, Akkadian, Hebrew, Phoenician, other Canaanite languages, Amorite, Ugaritic and Aramaic. While there is no consensus among historical linguists concerning the original homeland of the Afroasiatic family or the period when the parent language (i.e. Proto-Afroasiatic) was spoken, most agree that it was located within a region of Northeast Africa. Proposed specific locations include the Horn of Africa, Egypt, the eastern Sahara, and the Levant.

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1. afroasiatic

   Afroasiatic is a large family of languages spoken in North Africa, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahel region. It consists of about 300 languages and dialects, including major languages like Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Somali. The term "Afroasiatic" is also used to refer to the people who speak these languages and the shared cultural or historical aspects among these groups.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Afroasiatic in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Afroasiatic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

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