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Definition of Hamitic
1. Noun. A group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic.
Generic synonyms: Afrasian, Afrasian Language, Afro-asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic Language, Hamito-semitic
Definition of Hamitic
1. a. Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.
Definition of Hamitic
1. Adjective. of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages ¹
2. Noun. A group of languages spoken in Egypt and neighbouring countries ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamitic
Literary usage of Hamitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"The hamitic group is certainly a much wider and more various language group than
... The Semitic languages may have arisen as some specialized proto-hamitic ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The classification of hamitic languages is as follows:1— The simple and
pretty (Haus(s)a language, the commercial language of the whole Niger region and ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"There is no question that the northernmost hamitic languages have preserved best
the original wealth of inflections which reminds us so strongly of the ..."
4. Historical Survey of Pre-Christian Education by Simon Somerville Laurie (1895)
"THE hamitic RACES UNDER the designation Karaites are generally included Egyptians,
Ethiopians to the south of Egypt, Libyans to the west and north-west, ..."
5. Studies on Slavery, in Easy Lessons: Compiled Into Eight Studies, and by John Fletcher (1852)
"The invading army, at that time, was denominated Ethiopian, although it is evident
that many of the hamitic tribes composed it. The real cause of all these ..."
6. Preadamites, Or, A Demonstration of the Existence of Men Before Adam by Alexander Winchell (1880)
"hamitic ORIGIN OF NEGROES CONSIDERED. T)OPULAR opinion respecting the origin ...
In the absence of any formal defense of the theory of the hamitic origin of ..."
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