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.
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.