Over 500 million people are native speakers of an Afroasiatic language, constituting the fourth-largest language family after Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Niger–Congo.
ˌoʊvɚ fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd mˈɪliən pˈiːpəl ɑːɹ nˈeɪɾɪv spˈiːkɚz əvən ˌæfɹoʊˌeɪsɪˈæɾɪk lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ, kˈɑːnstɪtˌuːɾɪŋ ðə fˈoːɹθlˈɑːɹdʒɪst lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ fˈæmɪli ˈæftɚɹ ˈɪndoʊjˌʊɹɹəpˈiən, sˈiːnoʊɾɪbˈɛtən, ænd nˈaɪdʒɚ kˈɑːŋɡoʊ.