ハム語ご族ぞく

noun

Hamitic languages

Obsolete term for a hypothetical language family once proposed to include ancient Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and sometimes Chadic languages. Now superseded by the Afroasiatic classification.

• 19世せい紀きの言げん語ご学がくでは、ハム語ご族ぞくという分ぶん類るいが使つかわれていた。

  In 19th-century linguistics, the classification 'Hamitic languages' was used.