- (especially formerly) the non-Semitic branches of the Afroasiatic language family.
- of or relating to the Hamites or Hamitic.
- a group of N African languages related to Semitic. They are now classified in four separate subfamilies of the Afro-Asiatic family: Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic
- denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages
- denoting, belonging to, or characteristic of the Hamites
