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Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Afroasiatic proper noun: the hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Afroasiatic languages.

Proper noun

Proto-Afroasiatic

  1. The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Afroasiatic languages.

Adjective

Proto-Afroasiatic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Proto-Afroasiatic language, or the people who spoke it.

Proto-Afroasiatic meaning in Hindi

Proto-Afroasiatic in Hindi

ancestor language of Afroasiatic languages
आदिम-अफ़्रीकी-एशियाई ādim-afrīkī-eśiyāī

Forms of Proto-Afroasiatic

alternative formProto-Afro-Asiatic

Origin of Proto-Afroasiatic

From proto- + Afroasiatic.

Questions about Proto-Afroasiatic

What does Proto-Afroasiatic mean?
Proto-Afroasiatic means the hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Afroasiatic languages.
What is Proto-Afroasiatic in Hindi?
Proto-Afroasiatic in Hindi is आदिम-अफ़्रीकी-एशियाई (ādim-afrīkī-eśiyāī). See Proto-Afroasiatic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Proto-Afroasiatic?
Proto-Afroasiatic can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Proto-Afroasiatic in the dictionary

  1. protiums
  2. proto
  3. proto-
  4. Proto-Afrasian
  5. Proto-Afro-Asiatic
  6. Proto-Afroasiatic
  7. Proto-Albanian
  8. Proto-Algic
  9. Proto-Algonquian
  10. Proto-Altaic
  11. proto-ancestor

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