Hamitic adjective & noun. [hǝ'mɪtɪk] M19.
[from HAMITE + -IC.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Hamites; spec. of, pertaining to, or designating a group of northern African languages, formerly analysed as one of two branches of the Hamito-Semitic family, but now regarded as forming four separate groups: Egyptian, Berber, Chadic, and Cushitic. M19.
b. noun. The Hamitic group of languages. L19.

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