Semitic languages

Table of Semitic Languages

Semitic language, central, northwest, or northwest, was originally spoken by Middle Eastern residents known as Arameans. The Aramaic alphabet is 22 letters and is written from right to left as most Semitic languages. It is believed that the first appearance of Aramaic in the eleventh century BC.

Click the image above to expand it. (Careful, it’s big!) Here is a map of most of the Semitic languages (both living and dead) roughly arrayed out by how they are related to one another. It…

Shem, father of the Semitic people: The following is a list of ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples: Mandaeans Akkadians (Assyrians/Babylonians) — migrated into Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC and amalgamate with non-Semitic Mesopotamian (Sumerian) populations into the Assyrians and Babylonians of the Late Bronze Age.[30][31] The remnants of these people became the modern Assyrians (also known as Chaldo-Assyrians) of Iraq, Iran, south eastern Turkey and northeast Syria. Eblaites…

Something I really should have done for proto Semitic before I did the larger post on Afro Asiatic – but you live and learn. Essentially, if a language has certain technologies in it, you can…

Hamites were said to have spoken "Hamitic languages", which consisted of Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) languages of the Berber, Cushitic and Egyptian branches.

Semitic languages represent a significant and historically rich language family with deep roots in the Middle East and beyond. The Semitic language family includes a diverse group of languages, some of which are spoken by millions of people worldwide.

Amharic is the official language in Ethiopia. It is a semitic language and is written with a unique alphabet used only in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

4.1.1 - Tonal and pitch accent languages Characteristic tonal languages include most Niger-Congo languages in Africa and east Asian languages (Sino-Tibetan, Tai-Kadai, Vietnamese). Also highly tonal...

Map showing the historical distribution of Semitic (yellow) and other Afro-Asiatic language speakers about 1000 – 2000 years ago.

Distribution of Semitic languages in the 1st century

Tigre (ትግረ / ትግሬ / ኻሳ) is a member of the Ethiopic branch of South Semitic languages. It is spoken by about 800,000 people in Eritrea, particularly in western parts of that country, and also in neighbouring areas of Sudan, where the language is known as Xasa (ኻሳ). It is thought to have descended from Ge'ez, the liturgical language used in the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. (...)

Semitic Language Tree

Semitic languages in 1st century A.D.

🌍 Distribution of Semitic languages in the 1st century...😮