Afro-Asiatic languages: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Afrasian languages • Hamito-Semitic languages • Erythraean languages • Semito-Hamitic languages

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Distribution of the Afro-Asiatic languages.

migration of Afro-Asiatic languages

Relationships among the Afro-Asiatic protolanguages.

A diagram showing the family tree of Afro-Asiatic modern languages, branching into Libyo-Chadic, Egypto-Semitic, Cushitic, and Omotic groups, with examples like Hausa, Hebrew, Somali, and Ometo listed under each branch.

Map of Africa showing the distribution of major language families, with regions color-coded for Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Afro-Asiatic, Khoisan, Austronesian, and Indo-European languages. The map also labels major ethnic groups and peoples within each region, such as Arabs in North Africa, Fulani and Hausa in West Africa, and Zulu and Xhosa in southern Africa.

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