--- On Tue, 11/18/08, Francesco Brighenti <
frabrig@...> wrote:
>. . .
> So what *does* the term 'Hamitic' imply instead?
>
. . .
> 'Hamitic', has in fact
> even been proved to be a non-reality.
. .
I've read in various popular books that Ham and Hamitic are based on Egyptian Khem (vel sim) "Black (land)", the autochthonous name of Ancient Egypt. Semitic languages, of course, went with Mis.r, --which means what?