Afroasiatic has 5 branches -- Kushitic, Egyptian, Berber, Chadic, and Semitic.2 All these branches, except Semitic, are found only in Africa.3 Some scholars believe the Afroasiatic languages originated in Africa and then spread to the Asian continent.4 The Chadic branch is by far the largest subfamily, containing 150 African tongues and spanning a vast area of West Africa, including Nigeria and th