Semitic languages
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semitic-languages-180-6943805
title:
Semitic languages
text:
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese and numerous other ancient and modern languages. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Malta, and in large immigrant and expatriate communities in North America, Europe, and Australasia. The terminology was first used in the 1780s by members of the Göttingen school of history, who derived the name from
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Branch of the Afroasiatic languages
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages
date created:
2001-04-14T12:53:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T08:24:05Z
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