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LANGUES AFRO-ASIATIQUES [1 record]

Record 1 1993-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A family of languages including as subfamilies, Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Famille de langues parlées par 200 millions de locuteurs au nord de l'Afrique et au sud-ouest de l'Asie. Plus poétique que scientifique, l'expression chamito-sémitique se réfère au chapitre 10 de la Genèse, lequel énumère la postérité de Noé (Cham et Sem).

Spanish

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