Hamitic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hamitic \Ham*it"ic\ (h[a^]m*[i^]t"[i^]k), a.
     Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Hamitic languages}, the group of languages spoken mainly in
        the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Som[^a]li Land, and supposed


        to be allied to the Semitic. --Keith Johnston.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hamitic
       n : a group of languages in northen Africa related to Semitic
           [syn: {Hamitic language}]