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Modern distribution of the Semitic languages. Approximate historical distribution of Semitic languages. The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and numerous other ancient and modern languages.
- East Semitic
East Semitic languages stand apart from other Semitic...
- Afroasiatic Languages
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes...
- West Semitic
The West Semitic languages are a proposed major sub-grouping...
- Arabic Alphabet
The Arabic alphabet (Arabic: الْأَبْجَدِيَّة الْعَرَبِيَّة,...
- East Semitic
Northwest Semitic is a division of the Semitic languages comprising the indigenous languages of the Levant. It emerged from Proto-Semitic in the Early Bronze Age . It is first attested in proper names identified as Amorite in the Middle Bronze Age .
- concentrated in the Middle East
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family, which originated in the Middle East. Semitic languages are spoken by more than 470 million people across much of Western Asia , North Africa and the Horn of Africa , as well as in large communities of people from different countries in North America and Europe .
- Afro-AsiaticSemitic
Feb 15, 2024 · Semitic languages, languages that form a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. Members of the Semitic group are spread throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia and have played preeminent roles in the linguistic and cultural landscape of the Middle East for more than 4,000 years.
Central Semitic languages [1] [2] are one of the three groups of West Semitic languages, alongside Modern South Arabian languages and Ethiopian Semitic languages. Central Semitic can itself be further divided into two groups: Arabic and Northwest Semitic.
Ethiopian Semitic (also Ethio-Semitic, Ethiosemitic, Ethiopic or Abyssinian [2]) is a family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan. [1] . They form the western branch of the South Semitic languages, itself a sub-branch of Semitic, part of the Afroasiatic language family .