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S. Petrollino, "A grammar of Hamar : a South Omotic language of Ethiopia" J. Philips, "Map of West Chadic language distribution" T. Roettger, "Tonal placement in Tashlhiyt: How an intonation system accommodates to adverse phonological environments" R. Schuh, in "Being and Becoming Hausa" J. Smolders, "A Phonology of Ganza (Gwàmì Nánà)"
English: English version of Afroasiatic german.svg.Map showing the distribution of five of the six major subfamilies belonging to the Afroasiatic (Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic) language family (the sixth, ancient Egyptian, is extinct except for liturgical use of Coptic).
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 Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel. [4]
Map based upon File:Africa location map.svg by Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) Data from Blench, Roger (2006) Archaeology, Language, and the African Past, Rowman Altamira, pp. 105−107 Retrieved on 30 June 2013. ISBN: 978-0-7591-0466-2. Author: Kathovo
The Language families of Asia. Asia is home to hundreds of languages comprising several families and some unrelated isolates. The most spoken language families on the continent include Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Japonic, Dravidian, Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Turkic, Sino-Tibetan, Kra–Dai and Koreanic.
Roger Blench (2022) suggests that West Chadic languages may have spread via a gradual agricultural dispersal in Central Nigeria, starting from 3,000–4,000 years ago. Blench notes that West Chadic morphology has been heavily influenced by Plateau languages , likely as a result of long-term intermarriage that occurred as West Chadic incomers ...
Pages in category "Afroasiatic languages" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
1 Afro-Asiatic languages. 2 Altaic, Koreanic and Japonic languages. ... This is a list of ancestor languages of modern and ancient languages, detailed for each modern ...