SEMITIC LANGUAGES — SEMITIC LANGUAGES, the name given by A.L. Schloezer in 1781 to the language family to which Hebrew belongs because the languages then reckoned among this family (except Canaanite) were spoken by peoples included in Genesis 10:21–29 among the sons … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Semitic languages — Family of Afro Asiatic languages spoken in northern Africa and South Asia. No other language family has been attested in writing over a greater time span from the late 3rd millennium BC to the present. Both traditional and some recent… … Universalium
Semitic languages — Infobox Language family name=Semitic region=Middle East, North Africa, Northeast Africa and Malta familycolor=Afro Asiatic child1=East Semitic (extinct) child2=West Semitic child3=South Semitic iso2=semThe Semitic languages are a language family… … Wikipedia
Northwest Semitic languages — Northwest Semitic Levantine Geographic distribution: concentrated in the Middle East Linguistic classification: Afro Asiatic Semitic Cent … Wikipedia
East Semitic languages — Infobox Language family name = East Semitic region = formerly Mesopotamia familycolor = Afro Asiatic fam2 = Semitic child1 = Akkadian child2 = EblaiteThe East Semitic languages constitute one of the three major subdivisions of Semitic languages,… … Wikipedia
Ethiopian Semitic languages — Ethiopian Semitic Geographic distribution: Ethiopia, Eritrea Linguistic classification: Afro Asiatic Semitic South Semitic Western … Wikipedia
Central Semitic languages — Infobox Language family name = Central Semitic region = Middle East and North Africa familycolor = Afro Asiatic fam2 = Semitic fam3 = West Semitic child1 = Northwest Semitic child2 = ArabicThe Central Semitic languages are an intermediate group… … Wikipedia
West Semitic languages — Infobox Language family name = West Semitic region = Middle East and East Africa familycolor = Afro Asiatic fam2 = Semitic child1 = Central Semitic child2 = South SemiticThe West Semitic languages are a proposed major sub grouping of Semitic… … Wikipedia
South Ethiopian Semitic languages — Infobox Language family name=South Ethiopian Semitic region=Ethiopia familycolor=Afro Asiatic fam2=Semitic fam3=South Semitic fam4=Western fam5=Ethiopian Semitic child1=Outer South Ethiopian Semitic child2=Transversal South Ethiopian SemiticSouth … Wikipedia
Transversal South Ethiopian Semitic languages — Infobox Language family name=Transversal South Ethiopian Semitic region=Ethiopia familycolor=Afro Asiatic fam2=Semitic fam3=South Semitic fam4=Western fam5=Ethiopian Semitic fam6=South child1=Amharic Argobba child2=Harari East GurageTransversal… … Wikipedia