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Afroasiatic languages
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The list Afroasiatic languages includes
Harari language, Cushitic languages, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Afar language and Oromo language.
The list consists of 14 members.
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Harari language
Semitic language of eastern Ethiopia
Overview: Harari is an Ethio-Semitic language spoken by the Harari people of Ethiopia. Old Harari is a literary language of the city of Harar, a central hub of Islam in Horn of Africa. According to the 2007 Ethiopian ...
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Cushitic languages
branch of Afroasiatic native to East Africa
Overview: The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic languages to the north in Egypt and Sudan, and ... 0
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Neo-Aramaic dialect
Overview: Suret (Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܬ [ˈsuːrɪtʰ] or [ˈsuːrɪθ]), also known as Assyrian, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by Christians, namely Assyrians. The various NENA dialects descend ... 0
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Afar language
Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, Djibouti and EritreaOverview: Afar (Afar: Qafaraf; also known as ’Afar af, Afaraf, Qafar af) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken by the Afar people inhabiting Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia. 0
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Oromo language
Cushitic language
Overview: Oromo (OR-əm-ow or aw-ROW-mow; Oromo: Afaan Oromoo), historically also called Galla, which is regarded by the Oromo as pejorative, is an Afroasiatic language that belongs to the Cushitic branch. It is ... 0
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Tigrinya language
East African Semitic language
Overview: Tigrinya (ትግርኛ, Təgrəñña), sometimes spelled Tigrigna, is an Ethio-Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples respectively ... 0
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Afroasiatic languages
Large language family of Africa and West Asia
Overview: The Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North ... 0
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Coptic language
Latest stage of the Egyptian language
Overview: Coptic (Bohairic Coptic: ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, Timetremənkʰēmi) is an Afroasiatic dormant language. It is a group of closely related Egyptian dialects, representing the most recent developments of the Egyptian ... 0
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Semitic languages
branch of the Afroasiatic language family native to the Middle East
Overview: The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese and numerous other ancient and modern languages. They are spoken ... 0
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Egyptian language
Language spoken in ancient Egypt, branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages
Overview: The Egyptian language, or Ancient Egyptian (r n kmt; 'speech of Egypt'), is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large corpus of s ... 0
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Kujargé language
Unclassified language of eastern Chad and western SudanOverview: The Kujargé language is spoken in seven villages in eastern Chad near Jebel Mirra (11°45′N 22°15′E / 11.750°N 22.250°E), and in villages scattered along the lower Wadi Salih and Wadi Azum ... 0
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Berber languages
Family of languages and dialects indigenous to North Africa
Overview: The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related but mostly mutually unintelligible languages ... 0
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Somali language
Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch
Overview: Somali (Af-Soomaali ) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is an official language ... 0
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Amharic
Semitic language of EthiopiaOverview: Amharic (am-HARR-ik or ahm-HAR-ik; native name: አማርኛ, Amarəñña, ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first ... 0
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