Afroasiatic language af·roa·sia·ticlanguage uncommon noun 1. a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa SynonymsAfroasiaticAfro-AsiaticAfroasiatic languageAfrasianAfrasian languageHamito-Semitic Related words Broader terms natural language Narrower terms ChadSemiticHamiticEgyptianBerberCushiticOmotic WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.