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Afroasiatic: Berber and Egyptian

This group collects members of the Berber and ancient Egyptian branches of the Afroasiatic family, two branches the report's own worked example does not separately name but which this subcategory's live roster carries in real depth: the Berber (Amazigh, Tamazight) languages and dialects of the Maghreb and Sahara, including the Zenati, Atlas and Riffian clusters, and the extinct Egyptian language across its Old, Middle, Late and Demotic stages. The two are grouped together here rather than left in the general isolates bucket because each is a real, well-attested primary Afroasiatic branch in its own right, distinct from Chadic, Cushitic-Omotic and Semitic. Placement follows each member's own description naming it Berber, Zenati, or Egyptian (including Demotic Egyptian).

Afroasiatic: Berber and Egyptian
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