URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002020
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85002020#concept
Variants
- Afrasian languages
- Afro-Asiatic languages
- Erythraic languages
- Hamito-Semitic languages
- Semito-Hamitic languages
Narrower Terms
- Berber languages
- Celtic languages--Foreign elements--Afroasiatic
- Chadic languages
- Cushitic languages
- Egyptian language
- French language--Foreign words and phrases--Afroasiatic
- Hamitic languages
- Hebrew language--Foreign elements--Afroasiatic
- Omotic languages
- Ongota language
- Proto-Afroasiatic language
- Semitic languages
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Broader Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Hamito-Semitic languages
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Selected comparative-historical Afrasian linguistic studies, 2003:p. 2 (article by Bender: Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic were early names for phylum; abandoned because of dubious mythological origins and inaccurate assertion of a split between Semitic and the rest; Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic or Afrasian are commonly used; proposed Erythraic or Lisramic did not catch on)
- found: Ethnologue, 205(Afro-Asiatic; 375 languages; divided into Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Omotic, and Semitic branches; no Hamitic node)
- found: Dalby, Linguasphere, 1999(Afro-Asian phylosector)
LC Classification
- PJ991-PJ995
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Change Notes
- 2006-05-16: new
- 2006-08-16: revised
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