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Afro–Asiatic
adjective Af·ro–Asi·at·ic \ˌa-frō-ˌā-zhē-ˈa-tik, -zē- also -shē-\
Definition of AFRO-ASIATIC
: of, relating to, or being a family of languages widely distributed over southwestern Asia and Africa including the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic subfamilies
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First Known Use of AFRO-ASIATIC
1922
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