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Definition of Hamito-Semitic
1. Noun. A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.
Generic synonyms: Natural Language, Tongue
Specialized synonyms: Chad, Chadic, Chadic Language, Semitic, Hamitic, Hamitic Language, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, Omotic
Definition of Hamito-Semitic
1. Proper noun. (obsolete linguistics) Afro-Asiatic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamito-Semitic
Literary usage of Hamito-Semitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of History by Augustus Schade, Rudolf Rocholl (1899)
"When these new immigrants arrived in the Jordan district they found the land
occupied by Hamito-Semitic precursors. By them they were nicknamed as those ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... being more agglutinative than the better types of its sister branch, having
lost the most characteristic verbal flection (the Hamito-Semitic imperfect), ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... having tost tbt most characteristic verbal flection (the Hamito-Semitic ...
have often beta quoted as a proof of primitive Hamito-Semitic kinship, ..."
4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1887)
"Such evidence as we have at present certainly seems to favor the Hamito-Semitic
family. This family possesses the most ancient literature, and, ..."
5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1887)
"Such evidence as we have at present certainly seems to favor the Hamito-Semitic
family. This family possesses the most ancient literature, and, ..."
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