Semitic people
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+ | In [[linguistics]] and [[ethnology]], '''Semitic''' (from the [[Bible|Biblical]] "[[Shem]]", {{lang-he|שם}}, translated as "name", {{lang-ar|ساميّ}}) was first used to refer to a [[language family]] of [[West Asia]]n origin, now called the [[Semitic languages]]. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of [[Ahlamu]], [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] (Assyrian-Babylonian), [[Amharic language|Amharic]], [[Ammonite language|Ammonite]], [[Amorite language|Amorite]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]/[[Syriac language|Syriac]], [[Canaanite language|Canaanite]]/[[Phoenician language|Phoenician]]/[[Carthaginian]], [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic|Chaldean]], [[Ebla]]ite, [[Edomite]], [[Ge'ez language|Ge'ez]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Maltese language|Maltese]], [[Mandaic language|Mandaic]], [[Moabite language|Moabite]], [[Sutean]], [[Tigre language|Tigre]] and [[Tigrinya]], and [[Ugaritic language|Ugaritic]], among others. | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Afroasiatic languages]] | ||
+ | * [[Battakhin]] | ||
+ | * [[Hamitic]] | ||
+ | * [[Japhetic]] | ||
+ | * [[Proto-Semitic]] | ||
+ | * [[Sons of Noah]] | ||
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In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical "Shem", Template:Lang-he, translated as "name", Template:Lang-ar) was first used to refer to a language family of West Asian origin, now called the Semitic languages. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of Ahlamu, Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian), Amharic, Ammonite, Amorite, Arabic, Aramaic/Syriac, Canaanite/Phoenician/Carthaginian, Chaldean, Eblaite, Edomite, Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Mandaic, Moabite, Sutean, Tigre and Tigrinya, and Ugaritic, among others.
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