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Af•ro•a•si•at•ic

Pronunciation: (af"rō-ā"zhē-at'ik, -ā"shē-, -ā"zē-), [key]
—adj.
of, belonging to, or pertaining to Afroasiatic; Hamito-Semitic.

—n.
Also called Hamito-Semitic. a family of languages including as subfamilies Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic. Cf. family (def. 14). Also,Af"ro-A"si•at'ic.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Afro-Asian

Afrocentric

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