Hamites
The appellation "Hamitic" was applied to the Berber , Cushitic , and Egyptian branches of the Afroasiatic language family , which , together with the Semitic branch , was thus formerly labelled "Hamito-Semitic" . 
<triplet> Berber <subj> Afroasiatic <obj> subclass of <triplet> Cushitic <subj> Afroasiatic <obj> subclass of <triplet> Egyptian <subj> Afroasiatic <obj> subclass of