AP Human Geography (APHG) Exam 1 Practice Test

Languages are grouped into families that descend from a common ancestral language. Afro-Asiatic is one of the largest such families, with branches that cover a wide region and many languages. It includes Semitic languages like Arabic and Hebrew, Cushitic languages such as Somali and Oromo, Berber, and Chadic languages like Hausa. These languages are spoken across North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Middle East, giving Afro-Asiatic a broad geographic footprint and a long history of use and influence. That combination of many languages and wide reach makes Afro-Asiatic a major language family.