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The West Semitic languages are a proposed major sub-grouping of Semitic languages. One widely accepted analysis, supported by semiticists like Robert Hetzron and John Huehnergard, divides the Semitic language family into two branches: Eastern and Western. The former consists of the extinct Eblaite and Akkadian languages, the latter of the rump of the Semitic languages. It consists of the clearly defined sub-groups: Ethiopic, South Arabian, Arabic and Northwest Semitic (this including Hebrew, Aramaic and Ugaritic). The first two, Ethiopic and South Arabian, show particular common features, and are often grouped together as South Semitic. The correct classification of Arabic with respect to other Semitic languages is debated. In older classifications, it is grouped with the South Semitic languages. However, Hetzron and Huehnergard connect it more closely with the Northwest Semitic languages, to form Central Semitic. Some semiticists continue to argue for the older classification based on the distinctive feature of broken plurals. Middle East is a historical and political region of Africa-Eurasia with no clear boundaries. The term "Middle East" was popularized around 1900 in Britain, and has been criticized for its loose definition. ..... Click the link for more information. East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easternmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa: ..... Click the link for more information. A language family is a group of languages related by descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language. As with biological families, the evidence of relationship is observable shared characteristics. ..... Click the link for more information. Central Semitic languages are an intermediate group of Semitic languages, comprising Arabic and Northwest Semitic (including Canaanite (Hebrew), Aramaic and Ugaritic). Different classification systems disagree on the precise structure of the group. ..... Click the link for more information. South Semitic is one of the three macro-classifications in Semitic linguistics, the other two being East Semitic (e.g. Akkadian) and West Semitic (e.g. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew). ..... Click the link for more information. Semitic languages are a family of languages spoken by more than 300 million people across much of the Middle East, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa. They constitute the northeastern subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic languages, and the only branch of this group spoken in Asia. ..... Click the link for more information. Semitism may refer to:
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..... Click the link for more information. Robert Hetzron, born Herczog/Herzog (31 December 1937 – 1997) was a Hungarian linguist who focused primarily on Afro-Asiatic languages, especially those in Ethiopia and Gurage Ethiopian Semitic languages. ..... Click the link for more information. East Semitic languages constitute one of the two major subdivisions of Semitic languages, the other being West Semitic. The East Semitic group is attested by two distinct languages, Akkadian and Eblaite, both of which have been long extinct. ..... Click the link for more information. An extinct language is a language which no longer has any native speakers, in contrast to a dead language, which is a language which has stopped changing in grammar, vocabulary, and the complete meaning of a sentence. ..... Click the link for more information. Eblaite}}} Language codes ISO 639-1: none ISO 639-2: sem ISO 639-3: xeb Eblaite is an extinct, perhaps East Semitic language, which was spoken in the 3rd millennium BCE in the ancient city of Ebla, in modern Syria. ..... Click the link for more information. Akkadian}}} Writing system: Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform Official status Official language of: initially Akkad (central Mesopotamia); lingua franca of the Middle East and Egypt in the late Bronze and early Iron Ages. ..... Click the link for more information. Ethiopian Semitic languages (Ethiosemitic for short, or sometimes Ethiopic) is a language group which together with Old South Arabian forms the Western branch of the South Semitic languages. ..... Click the link for more information. The term South Arabian covers South Semitic languages spoken on the southern Arabian peninsula, i.e. those not found in Africa:
..... Click the link for more information. al-‘Arabiyyah in written Arabic (Kufic script): Pronunciation: /alˌʕa.raˈbij.ja/ Spoken in: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, ..... Click the link for more information. Northwest Semitic languages form a medium-level division of the Semitic language family. The languages of this group are spoken by approximately eight million people today. ..... Click the link for more information. Hebrew}}} Writing system: Alefbet Ivri abjad Official status Official language of: Israel Regulated by: Academy of the Hebrew Language ..... Click the link for more information. Aramaic}}} Writing system: Aramaic abjad, Syriac abjad, Hebrew abjad, Mandaic alphabet with a handfull of inscriptions found in Demotic[2] and Chinese[3] characters. ..... Click the link for more information. The Ugaritic language is only known in the form of writings found in the lost city of Ugarit in Syria since its discovery by French archaeologists in 1928. It has been extremely important for scholars of the Old Testament in clarifying Hebrew texts and has revealed more of ..... Click the link for more information. South Semitic is one of the three macro-classifications in Semitic linguistics, the other two being East Semitic (e.g. Akkadian) and West Semitic (e.g. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew). ..... Click the link for more information. Central Semitic languages are an intermediate group of Semitic languages, comprising Arabic and Northwest Semitic (including Canaanite (Hebrew), Aramaic and Ugaritic). Different classification systems disagree on the precise structure of the group. ..... Click the link for more information. In linguistics, broken plurals are a grammatical phenomenon typical in many Semitic languages of the Middle East and Ethiopia in which a singular noun is "broken" to form a plural by having its root consonant embedded in a different "frame", rather than by merely adding a prefix or ..... Click the link for more information. This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia® - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the Wikipedia® encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Smith explains that "in the West Semitic context, temples focus public attention on deities, more specifically on the connections between human celebration and problems on the one hand, and the perceptions of divine presence and aid on the other hand" (p. language belonging to the West Semitic subdivision of the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages (see Afroasiatic languages). late dialect of Aramaic, which is a West Semitic language (see Afroasiatic languages). |
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