The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes Afrasian), also known as Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic, are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel.
ðɪ ˌæfɹoʊˌeɪsɪˈæɾɪk lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz ɔːɹ ˈæfɹoʊˌeɪʒɪˈæɾɪk, sˈʌmtaɪmz ɐfɹˈeɪʒən, ˈɔːlsoʊ nˈoʊn æz hæmˈiːɾoʊsɛmˈɪɾɪk ɔːɹ sɛmˈiːɾoʊhæmˈɪɾɪk, ɑːɹ ɐ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ fˈæmɪli ɔːɹ "fˈaɪləm"ʌv ɐbˌaʊt fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz spˈoʊkən pɹɪdˈɑːmɪnəntli ɪn wˈɛst ˈeɪʒə, nˈɔːɹθ ˈæfɹɪkə, ðə hˈɔːɹn ʌv ˈæfɹɪkə, ænd pˈɑːɹts ʌvðə sɐhˈæɹə ænd sɑːhˈɛl.