Afro-Asiatic (language family)

Afro-Asiatic is a Language Family. Language families are a collection of languages derived from a common ancestor. For example, the following languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic language family: Akkadian and Ancient Egyptian. Afro-Asiatic is believed to be descended from Proto-Afro-Asiatic, which is a proto-language.

List of Afro-Asiatic languages: A–Z

Language
Status
Entries
Ancient
3
Ancient
3
Ancient
5
Historic
1
Ancient
1

More information about Afro-Asiatic

Entry
Source
§ Afroasiatic Languages
Dalby, DoL, 6–7. Read on OMNIKA
§ 6. Afro-Asiatic
Woodard, CEWAL, 138–159. Read on OMNIKA

Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "Afro-Asiatic." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 25 Jul. 2023, psylng.org/mli/afro. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, July 25). Afro-Asiatic. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/mli/afro

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "Afro-Asiatic." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 25, 2023. Modified September 18, 2023. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://psylng.org/mli/afro.

Bibliography

DoL

Dalby, Andrew. Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages. London, United Kingdom: A & C Black, 2004.

Ethnologue

Eberhard, David M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig, eds. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 25th ed." Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2022. Accessed August 20, 2023. https://www.ethnologue.com. [Visit]

Glottolog

Hammarström, Harald, Robert Forkel, Martin Haspelmath, and Sebastian Bank. "Glottolog: A Database of Languages." Leipzig, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Created 2011. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://glottolog.org. [Visit]

OMNIKA

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created January 21, 2019. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

CAD 9/L

Oppenheim, Adolf L., Erica Reiner, and Robert D. Biggs, eds. The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Volume 9, L. Chicago, IL: The Oriental Institute, 1973.

CAD 11/N2

Reiner, Erica, and Robert D. Biggs, eds. The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago: Volume 11, N, Part II. Chicago, IL: The Oriental Institute, 1980.

ISO 639-3

SIL International Contributors. "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority: International Standard for Language Codes." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://iso639-3.sil.org. [Visit]

ScriptSource

SIL International Contributors. "ScriptSource: Index of Languages and Writing Systems." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Created June 11, 2011. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://scriptsource.org. [Visit]

Wikipedia

Wales, Jimmy D., Larry Sanger, et al. "Wikipedia: A Multilingual Free Online Encyclopedia." San Francisco, CA: Wikimedia Foundation. Created January 15, 2001. Accessed August 20, 2023. https://www.wikipedia.org. [Visit]

CEWAL

Woodard, Roger D., ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World’s Ancient Languages. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

PsychLing MLI

Akkadian is a language that belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family.

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PsychLing MLI

Ancient Aramaic is a language that belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family.

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PsychLing MLI

Ancient Egyptian is a language that belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family.

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PsychLing MLI

Ancient Hebrew is a language that belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family.

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PsychLing MLI

Eblaite is a language that belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family.

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PsychLing Glossary

Language is a term in Linguistics that means structured human communication like speech, writing, or gestures.

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PsychLing Glossary

Language Family is a term in Historical Linguistics that means a collection of languages derived from a common ancestor.

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PsychLing MLI

Proto-Afro-Asiatic is a proto-language that belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family.

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PsychLing Glossary

Proto-Language is a term in Historical Linguistics that means a hypothetical ancestor language of other languages.

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