semitic languages

semitic languages
noun plural
Usage: capitalized S
: a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family including Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Ethiopic — see afro-asiatic languages table

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Semitic languages plural noun
Assyrian, Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician, Arabic, Ethiopic, and other ancient languages of this Afro-Asiatic subfamily
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