Semito-Hamitic

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Semito-Hamitic [ˈsɛmɪtəʊhæˈmɪtɪk]

(Linguistics / Languages) a former name for the Afro-Asiatic family of languages

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(Linguistics / Languages) denoting or belonging to this family of languages

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Afro-Asiatic language			The Arabic language, which also has a presence in India, belongs to the Semito-Hamitic family. Issues of language maintenance and education of aboriginal children ... by Pattnaik, Jyotsna / Childhood Education Of the two assertions, the publisher's statement seems to be the more accurate one, since the author attempts to prove that the Italian word mafia derives from a Semito-Hamitic source, that is, from the phoneme/morpheme maf, a morpheme (*maf), which he alleges to have existed since Antiquity and spread throughout the Eastern world. Pasquale Natella. La parola mafia by Melzi, Robert C. / Italica			semisoft semisolid semisolus Semisoun Semispheric semispherical Semispheroidal Semisteel semisubmersible semisubmersible rig semisweet semisynthetic Semita Semitangent Semite Semiterete semiterrestrial Semitertian Semitic Semitic deity Semitic language Semitic-speaking Semiticism Semitics Semitism Semito-Hamitic semitone Semitonic Semitontine semitrailer semitrance Semitransept Semitranslucent Semitransparency semitransparent semitropic semitropical semitropics semivegetarian Semiverticillate Semivif semivitreous Semivitrification Semivitrified semivocal semivowel semiweekly semiyearly Semmelweis Semmelweis Ignaz Phillipp semmit			semiterrestrial Semitertian Semites Semites Semitic Semitic Semitic Semitic (language) Semitic deity Semitic Empire of Sargon of Akkad Semitic Empire of Sargon of Akkad Semitic fat-tailed sheep Semitic language Semitic language Semitic languages Semitic languages Semitic people Semitic people Semitic peoples Semitic peoples Semitic Races Semitic Races Semitic Studies Semitic-speaking Semitic-speaking Semiticism Semiticist Semitics Semitism Semitist Semito-Hamitic semitonal semitonal semitonally semitonally semitone semitone Semitones Semitones Semitonic Semitontine semitrailer semitrailer semitrance Semitransept Semitranslucent semitransparency semitransparent semitransparent photocathode semitransverse axis semitrivial name semitropic semitropical semitropical semitropics Semits Semits semivariable cost Semivariable Costs Semivariogram semivegetarian

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