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单词 Hamitic
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Definition of Hamitic in English:

Hamitic

adjectivehəˈmɪtɪkhəˈmɪdɪk
historical
  • Of or denoting a hypothetical language family formerly proposed to comprise Berber, ancient Egyptian, the Cushitic languages, and the Chadic languages. These are now recognized as independent branches of the Afro-Asiatic family.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a member of the Chad group of languages frequently assigned to the Hamitic sub-family of the Hamito-Semitic family of languages.
    • Arabs and Jews were therefore Shemitic by race, and began speaking a Hamitic language in Canaan.

Origin

From Hamite + -ic.

 
 

Definition of Hamitic in US English:

Hamitic

adjectivehəˈmɪdɪkhəˈmidik
historical
  • Of or denoting a hypothetical language family formerly proposed to comprise Berber, ancient Egyptian, the Cushitic languages, and the Chadic languages. These are now recognized as independent branches of the Afro-Asiatic family.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a member of the Chad group of languages frequently assigned to the Hamitic sub-family of the Hamito-Semitic family of languages.
    • Arabs and Jews were therefore Shemitic by race, and began speaking a Hamitic language in Canaan.

Origin

From Hamite + -ic.

 
 
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