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Hamitic   /hæmˈɪtɪk/   Listen
Hamitic

noun
1.
A group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic.  Synonym: Hamitic language.






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"Hamitic" Quotes from Famous Books



... almost all our coming inquiries. Suffice it to observe that, though possessed of not many natural advantages, the Chaldaean people exhibited a fertility of invention, a genius, and an energy which place them high in the scale of nations, and more especially in the list of those descended from a Hamitic stock. For the last 3000 years the world has been mainly indebted for its advancement to the Semitic and Indo-European races; but it was otherwise in the first ages. Egypt and Babylon—Mizraim and Nimrod—both descendants of Ham—led ...
— The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea • George Rawlinson

... African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government



Words linked to "Hamitic" :   Afrasian language, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language



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