Afroasiatic languages
The Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel. Over 500 million people are native speakers of an Afroasiatic language, constituting the fourth-largest language family after Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Niger–Congo. Most linguists divide the family into six branches: Berber (Amazigh), Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Omotic, and Semitic.
Extends: [Afroasiatic languages](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Afroasiatic languages), [Afroasiatic peoples](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Afroasiatic peoples), [Language families](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Language families)
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Afroasiatic |
| Region | Text | North Africa, West Asia, Horn of Africa, Sahel, Malta |
| Speakers | Text | million |
| Familycolor | Text | Afro-Asiatic |
| Family | Text | language families |
| Protoname | Text | Proto-Afroasiatic |
| Child1 | Text | Berber |
| Child2 | Text | Chadic |
| Child3 | Text | Cushitic |
| Child4 | Text | Egyptian |
| Child5 | Text | Omotic |
| Child6 | Text | Semitic |
| Iso2 | Text | afa |
| Iso5 | Text | afa |
| Glotto | Text | afro1255 |
| Glottorefname | Text | Afro-Asiatic |
| Map | Text | Detailed Afroasiatic map.svg |
| Mapcaption | Text | Modern distribution of the Afroasiatic languages |
| Altname | Text | Hamito-Semitic, Semito-Hamitic, Afrasian |
| Map2 | Text | Afro-Asiatic language.png |
| Mapcaption2 | Text | Ethio-Semitic |