ˌoʊvɚ fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd mˈɪliən pˈiːpəl ɑːɹ nˈeɪɾɪv spˈiːkɚz əvən ˌæfɹoʊˌeɪsɪˈæɾɪk lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ, kˈɑːnstɪtˌuːɾɪŋ ðə fˈoːɹθlˈɑːɹdʒɪst lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ fˈæmɪli ˈæftɚɹ ˈɪndoʊjˌʊɹɹəpˈiən, sˈiːnoʊɾɪbˈɛtən, ænd nˈaɪdʒɚ kˈɑːŋɡoʊ.
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.