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. | ||
| + | '''Semites''', '''Semitic people''' or '''Semitic cultures''' (from the [[Bible|biblical]] "[[Shem]]") was a term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group who speak or spoke the [[Semitic languages]]. | ||
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| - | * [[Afroasiatic languages]] | + | * [[Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples]] |
| - | * [[Battakhin]] | + | |
| * [[Hamitic]] | * [[Hamitic]] | ||
| - | * [[Japhetic]] | + | * [[Japhetites]] |
| - | * [[Proto-Semitic]] | + | * [[Generations of Noah]] |
| - | * [[Sons of Noah]] | + | |
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Semites, Semitic people or Semitic cultures (from the biblical "Shem") was a term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group who speak or spoke the Semitic languages.
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