LC control no. | sh 85002020 |
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LC classification | PJ991 PJ995 |
Topical heading | Afroasiatic languages |
Variant(s) | Afrasian languages Afro-Asiatic languages Erythraic languages Hamito-Semitic languages Semito-Hamitic languages |
Found in | Work cat.: Selected comparative-historical Afrasian linguistic studies, 2003: p. 2 (article by Bender: Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic were early names for phylum; abandoned because of dubious mythological origins and inaccurate assertion of a split between Semitic and the rest; Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic or Afrasian are commonly used; proposed Erythraic or Lisramic did not catch on) Ethnologue, 205 (Afro-Asiatic; 375 languages; divided into Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Omotic, and Semitic branches; no Hamitic node) Dalby, Linguasphere, 1999 (Afro-Asian phylosector) |