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Semitic languages

The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Modern South Arabian languages and numerous other ancient and modern languages. They are spoken by more than 460 million people across much of West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Malta, and in large immigrant…

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Geographic distribution
West Asia, North Africa, Horn of Africa, Malta
Glottolog
semi1276
ISO 639-2 / 5
sem
Linguistic classification
Semitic
Native speakers
c. 460 million
Proto-language
Proto-Semitic

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Semitic languages

Nodes437
Edges436
Triples336
Avg. degree2
Density0.004577
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Semitic languages

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related to Present distribution · 64
Semitic languages → Alexandria, Although, Ancient Church, Antioch, Arabic, Arabic-speaking, Arabic-speaking Muslim, Aramaic, Assyrian Church, Assyrian Evangelical Church, Assyrian Pentecostal Church, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Chaldean Catholic Church, Classical Arabic, Classical Syriac, Despite, East, Eastern, Eastern Aramaic
related to First century to twentieth century CE · 62
Semitic languages → Algeria, Arab, Arabian Peninsula, Arabic, Aramaic, Assyrian, Assyrians, Babylonians, Berber, Both, CE, CE Eastern Middle Aramaic, Central Semitic, Chaldean, Christian, Christianity, Classical Arabic, Classical Syriac, Eastern Aramaic, Edessa
related to Classification · 32
Semitic languages → Afroasiatic, Alexander Militarev, Arabic, Arafa Hussein Mustafa, Aramaic, At, Central Semitic, East, East Semitic, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Semitic, German-Egyptian, Gurage, Hetzron, However, In, John Huehnergard, Modern South Arabian, North Arabian, Northwest Semitic
related to Name and identification · 30
Semitic languages → Almost, Arabic, Aramaic, August Ludwig, Biblical, Book, Canaan, Canaanite, Ethio-Semitic, Genesis, Guillaume Postel, Göttingen, Hamitic, Hebrew, Hiob Ludolf, However, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Koine Greek, Latin, Nations
related to Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples · 26
Semitic languages → According, Africa, Akkad, Arabian Peninsula, Asia Minor, Assyria, Babylonia, BC, Bronze Age, East Semitic Akkadian, Eastern Mediterranean, Ethiopia, Horn, Iron Age, Isin, Larsa, Levant, Mesopotamia, Middle East, North Africa
related to Word order · 21
Semitic languages → Akkadian, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew, Classical Arabic, Ethiopian Semitic, Farid, Geʽez, In, Modern Ethiopian Semitic, Modern Hebrew, Modern Standard Arabic, Muhammad, Muhammad Farid, NA, NG, Proto-Semitic, SOV, SVO, The, This
related to External links · 18
Semitic languages → Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Alexander Militarev, Alexis Neme, Arabic, Egyptian, Evaluation, Genealogical, Lang Resources, Moscow, Pattern-and-root, Restoring Arabic, Russian, Semitic, Sébastien Paumier, Vladislav Illich-Svitych, Vol, Wiktionary's Swadesh-list
related to Cases in nouns and adjectives · 12
Semitic languages → Additionally, Akkadian, An, Classical Arabic, Ethiopian Semitic, In, Modern Standard Arabic, Qur'anic Arabic, Samalian, Semitic, The Proto-Semitic, Ugaritic
related to Verb aspect and tense · 12
Semitic languages → Afroasiatic, Akkadian, All Semitic, Cf, Classical Arabic, East Semitic, In Proto-Semitic, Proto-Semitic, So-called, Some, Suffix, The
related to Number in nouns · 11
Semitic languages → Arabia, Arabic, Bahrain, Classical Arabic, Ethiopia, Hebrew, It, Many, Proto-Semitic, Semitic, The

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semitic languages arabic hebrew language aramaic arabian modern south used extinct classical proto-semitic east eastern old maltese biblical also root

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Semitic languagesGeographic distributionWest Asia, North Africa, Horn of Africa, Malta1.00infobox
Semitic languagesGlottologsemi12761.00infobox
Semitic languagesISO 639-2 / 5sem1.00infobox
Semitic languagesLinguistic classificationSemitic1.00infobox
Semitic languagesNative speakersc. 460 million1.00infobox
Semitic languagesProto-languageProto-Semitic1.00infobox
Semitic languagesSubdivisionsEast Semitic †1.00infobox
Semitic languagesSubdivisionsWest Semitic1.00infobox
Mahriinstance ofa few tribes continue to speak Modern South Arabian languages0.80text
Soqotriinstance ofa few tribes continue to speak Modern South Arabian languages0.80text
Semitic languagesrelated to Ancient Semitic-speaking peoplesSemitic0.60section
Semitic languagesrelated to Ancient Semitic-speaking peoplesMiddle East0.60section

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