In 1855, Ernst Renan named these languages, related to Semitic but not Semitic, "Hamitic," in 1860 Carl Lottner proposed that they belonged to a single language family, and in 1876 Friedrich Müller first described them as a "Hamito-Semitic" language family.
ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈaɪv, ˈɜːnst ɹᵻnˈæn nˈeɪmd ðiːz lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz, ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd tə sɛmˈɪɾɪk bˌʌt nˌɑːt sɛmˈɪɾɪk, "hæmˈɪɾɪk," ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti kˈɑːɹl lˈɑːtnɚ pɹəpˈoʊzd ðæt ðeɪ bᵻlˈɔŋd tʊ ɐ sˈɪŋɡəl lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ fˈæmɪli, ænd ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɪks fɹˈiːdɹɪtʃ mˈuːlɚ fˈɜːst dᵻskɹˈaɪbd ðˌɛm æz ˈeɪ "hæmˈiːɾoʊsɛmˈɪɾɪk" lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ fˈæmɪli.