Afro-Asiatic (English spelling)

Japanese: Afro-Asiatic(英語表記)AfroAsiatic
Afro-Asiatic (English spelling)

...the name given to the Hamitic languages ​​and Semitic languages ​​after the 19th century on the assumption that they were of the same family. However, the commonly held belief that the Semitic languages ​​of the Arabian Peninsula and the Hamitic languages ​​of North Africa are the two major branches of the Hamitic-Semitic language family is now rejected, and as an alternative to this misleading name, names such as Erythraean for Red Sea language and Afro-Asiatic for Afro-Asiatic language (1950, by American linguist J. Greenberg) have been proposed. For information on Greenberg's name and classification method, which has many supporters in academic circles today, please refer to the description of [Languages] in the entry for Africa. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Afro-Asiatic" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…19世紀以後,ハム諸語とセム諸語とが同系であるとの想定の下に与えられた名称。しかし,アラビア半島を中心とするセム語族と北アフリカの〈ハム語族〉(ハム語)とをハム・セム語族の二大語派とする通説は現在では否定されており,誤解を招きやすいこの名称の代案として,紅海語Erythraean,アフロ・アジア語族Afro‐Asiatic(1950年,アメリカの言語学者J.グリーンバーグによる)等の呼称が提唱されている。なお,今日学界に多くの賛同者を見いだしている,グリーンバーグによる名称・分類法に関しては,〈アフリカ〉の項目中の[言語]の記述を参照されたい。…

※「Afro-Asiatic」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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