Afroasiatic_languages
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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. Over 500 million people are native speakers of an Afroasiatic language, constituting the fourth-largest language family after Indo-Europe
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| Afroasiatic | |
|---|---|
| Hamito-Semitic, Semito-Hamitic, Afrasian | |
| Geographic distribution | North Africa, West Asia, Horn of Africa, Sahel, and Malta |
Native speakers | 630 million |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
| Proto-language | Proto-Afroasiatic |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 / 5 | afa |
| Glottolog | afro1255 |
 Modern distribution of the Afroasiatic languages | |
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