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Hamitic

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Ha·mit·ic  (h-mtk)
adj.
Of or relating to the Hamites or their languages or cultures.
n.
A presumed language family formerly thought to include Egyptian and the Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic languages.

Hamitic [hæˈmɪtɪk hə-]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) a group of N African languages related to Semitic. They are now classified in four separate subfamilies of the Afro-Asiatic family: Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic
adj
1. (Linguistics / Languages) denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages
2. (Social Science / Peoples) denoting, belonging to, or characteristic of the Hamites
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Noun1.Hamitic - a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic
Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
Translations
Hamitic [hæˈmɪtɪk] ADJcamítico
Hamitic
adjhamitisch


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Hamitic peoples travelled south from the Caucasus region from whence the whole earth was repopulated.
The immediately preceding people, whom Leir has conquered, are in Paxson's treatment the Hamitic group who moved up from North Africa through Spain.
They were also involved in other local research societies in Harlem and Brooklyn such as the Men's Sunday Club; Negro Library Association; Loyal Order of the Sons of Africa an outgrowth of the Sons of Africa; Negro Book Collectors Exchange (One time Meeting), Hamitic League of the World; Pen and Pencil Club; Phalanx Club; and the Friends of Shakespeare Society.
 
 
 
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