Hamitic is a historical term for the peoples supposedly descended from Noah`s son Ham, paralleling Semitic and Japhetic. It was used to label non-Semitic languages in the Afroasiatic language family, which was thus formerly labelled `Hamito-Semitic`. The Hamitic languages were said to include the Berber, Cushitic and Egyptian branches. However,...... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamitic
Ham·it'ic (hăm*ĭt'ĭk) adjective Pertaining to Ham or his descendants. Hamitic languages , the group of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Somâli Land, and supposed to be allied to the Semitic. Keith Johnston. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/9