
Afroasiatic languages
a.k.a.
En. notation
Afroasiatic languages
ISO 639-5
afa
Classification
▶︎ Cushitic languages
East Cushitic languages
┗ Lowland East Cushitic languages
┣ Saho–Afar languages
┃: Afar language
┃
┗ Southern
: Somali language, Oromo language
▶︎ Egyptian language
: Coptic language
▶︎ Semitic languages
? : Himyaritic language
East Semitic languages
: Akkadian language
Central Semitic languages
┣ Northwest Semitic languages
┃┣ Canaanite languages
┃┃: Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew language
┃┃
┃┗ Aramaic
┃ ┗ Eastern Aramaic languages
┃ : Syriac language, Mandaic language, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
┃
┗ Arabic
: Arabic, Maltese language
South Semitic languages
┣ Ethiopian Semitic languages
┃┣ North Ethiopic
┃┃: Geʽez, Tigrinya language
┃┃
┃┗ South Ethiopic
┃ : Amharic
┃
┗ Modern South Arabian languages
: Mehri language, Soqotri language
▶︎ Berber languages
Northern Berber languages
: Central Atlas Tamazight, Tarifit, Kabyle language
Tuareg languages
: Tamasheq language