Definitions for hamitic
hæˈmɪt ɪk, hə-hamitic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hamitic, Hamitic languagenoun

   a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic

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1. Hamiticnoun

   A group of languages spoken in Egypt and neighbouring countries

2. Hamiticadjective

   of or pertaining to the Hamites or to the Hamitic languages

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1. hamitic

   Hamites is the name used for some Northern and Horn of Africa peoples n the contrext of an ancient model which divided humanity into different races. The term was originally borrowed from the Book of Genesis, where it is used for the descendants of Ham, son of Noah. The term was originally used in contrast to the other two proposed divisions of mankind based on the story of Noah: Semites and Japhetites. The appellation Hamitic was applied to the Berber, Cushitic, and Egyptian branches of the Afroasiatic language family, which, together with the Semitic branch, was thus formerly labelled "Hamito-Semitic". However, since the three Hamitic branches have not been shown to form an exclusive (monophyletic) phylogenetic unit of their own, separate from other Afroasiatic languages, linguists no longer use the term in this sense. Each of these branches is instead now regarded as an independent subgroup of the larger Afroasiatic family.Beginning in the 19th century, scholars generally classified the Hamitic race as a subgroup of the Caucasian race, alongside the Aryan race and the Semitic – thus grouping the non-Semitic populations native to North Africa and the Horn of Africa, including the Ancient Egyptians. According to the Hamitic theory, this "Hamitic race" was superior to or more advanced than the "Negroid" populations of Sub-Saharan Africa. In its most extreme form, in the writings of C. G. Seligman, this theory asserted that virtually all significant achievements in African history were the work of "Hamites". Since the 1960s the Hamitic hypothesis, along with other theories of "race science", has become entirely discredited in science.: 10 

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1. hamitic

   Hamitic refers to of or relating to the group of languages spoken by the Hamites, who were traditionally considered a division of the Caucasian race and were said to be descendants of Ham, son of Noah in biblical accounts. These languages were used in parts of northern and eastern Africa, including languages such as Ancient Egyptian, Berber and Cushitic. Today, this term and its racial and linguistic assumptions are considered outdated and discredited by modern anthropology and linguistics.

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1. Hamitic

   Hamitic is an historical term for the peoples supposedly descended from Noah's son Ham, paralleling Semitic and Japhetic. It was formerly used for grouping the non-Semitic Afroasiatic languages. However, since, unlike the Semitic branch, these have not been shown to form an exclusive phylogenetic unit on their own, the term is obsolete in this sense. In the 19th century, as an application of scientific racism, Europeans classified the "Hamitic race" as a sub-group of the Caucasian race, alongside the Semitic race, grouping the non-Semitic populations native to North Africa, the Horn of Africa and South Arabia, including the Ancient Egyptians. According to their Hamitic theory, this "Hamitic race" was superior to or more advanced than Negroid populations of Sub-Saharan Africa. In its most extreme form, in the writings of C. G. Seligman, it asserted that all significant achievements in African history were the work of "Hamites" who migrated into central Africa as pastoralists, bringing technologies and civilizing skills with them. In the early twentieth century, theoretical models of Hamitic languages and of Hamitic races were intertwined.

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1. Hamitic

   ham-it′ik, adj. pertaining to Ham, a son of Noah, or the races that used to be called his descendants, or their languages.—n.pl. Ham′ites, a physical and linguistic group, stretching across the north of Africa—the African branch of the Caucasic family—comprising Berbers, the Fellahin, &c.

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1. • Afroasiatic

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hamitic in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hamitic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hamitic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hamitic
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamitic
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hamitic
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hamitic
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hamitic