afrasian language

1. 1.

   a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa

   SynonymsAfroasiaticAfro-AsiaticAfroasiatic languageAfrasianHamito-Semitic

   Broadernatural language

   NarrowerChadSemiticHamiticEgyptianBerberCushiticOmotic

Questions about afrasian language

What does afrasian language mean?

afrasian language means "a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa".

What is another word for afrasian language?

Close synonyms include Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is afrasian language a common word?

afrasian language is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.