| Two of them consider links between different Afroasiatic languages, but the others are devoted to Semitic languages. |
| Not even approaches that would support that of the author, notably Christopher Ehret's work on core elements in Afroasiatic vocabulary, are mentioned. |
| The nonconcatenative morphology of the Afroasiatic languages is sometimes described in terms of apophony. |
| At the Horn of Africa, Afroasiatic languages predominate, including Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya and Somali. |
| Both speak Afroasiatic languages, which serve as recognized national languages. |
| Other scholars propose that the Afroasiatic family developed in situ in the Horn, with its speakers subsequently dispersing from there. |
