'Friedrich Müller' (1834-1898) was a German
linguist who originated the term ''
Hamito-Semitic languages'', in relation with
Afro-Asiatic languages.
:According to the classification of the late Professor Friedrich Müller (1834-98), of the University of Vienna, followed by Dr.
Robert Needham Cust (1821-1909), the main groups are: (1) The Semitic; (2) the Hamitic; (3) the Nuba-Fula; (4) the Nigerian or Negro languages; (5) the Bantu; and (6) the Hottentot-Bushman.
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Bibliography
★ ''Grundriss der Sprachwissenschaft'', 1876-1888. Facsimile reprint, 2004, ISBN 348712047X ''etc.''.