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Ethio-Semitic languages

Ethio-Semitic (also Ethiopian Semitic, Ethiosemitic, Ethiopic or Abyssinian) is a family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan. They form the western branch of the South Semitic languages, itself a sub-branch of Semitic, part of the Afroasiatic language family.

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Geographic distribution
Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan
Glottolog
ethi1244
Linguistic classification
SemiticWest SemiticSouth SemiticSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic · West SemiticSouth SemiticSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic · South SemiticSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic · Southwestern?Ethio-Semitic · Ethio-Semitic
Subdivisions
North Ethiopic · South Ethiopic

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Development

South Semitic Urheimat

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Ethio-Semitic languages

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples26
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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Ethio-Semitic languages

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related to Development · 14
Ethio-Semitic languages → Africa, Agent, An, CaCāCi, Current, Ethio-Semitic, Fleming, Harold, Marcel Cohen, Proto-Semitic, PS, Semitic, Shared, Zay
Linguistic classification · 5
Ethio-Semitic languages → Ethio-Semitic, SemiticWest SemiticSouth SemiticSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic, South SemiticSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic, Southwestern?Ethio-Semitic, West SemiticSouth SemiticSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic
Subdivisions · 2
Ethio-Semitic languages → North Ethiopic, South Ethiopic
Geographic distribution · 1
Ethio-Semitic languages → Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan
Glottolog · 1
Ethio-Semitic languages → ethi1244

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Important terminology

semitic languages language south ethiopian ethiopia spoken eritrea amharic tigre geʽez sudan tigrinya speakers north ethio-semitic ethiopic proto-semitic zay argobba

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ethio-Semitic languagesGeographic distributionEthiopia, Eritrea and Sudan1.00infobox
Ethio-Semitic languagesGlottologethi12441.00infobox
Ethio-Semitic languagesLinguistic classificationSemiticWest SemiticSouth SemiticSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic1.00infobox
Ethio-Semitic languagesLinguistic classificationWest SemiticSouth SemiticSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic1.00infobox
Ethio-Semitic languagesLinguistic classificationSouth SemiticSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic1.00infobox
Ethio-Semitic languagesLinguistic classificationSouthwestern?Ethio-Semitic1.00infobox
Ethio-Semitic languagesLinguistic classificationEthio-Semitic1.00infobox
Ethio-Semitic languagesSubdivisionsNorth Ethiopic1.00infobox
Ethio-Semitic languagesSubdivisionsSouth Ethiopic1.00infobox
Arabicinstance ofthese are considered retentions from proto-Semitic that were lost in most or all Central Semitic languages0.80text
Aramaicinstance ofthese are considered retentions from proto-Semitic that were lost in most or all Central Semitic languages0.80text
and Hebrewinstance ofthese are considered retentions from proto-Semitic that were lost in most or all Central Semitic languages0.80text

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