akkadian an ancient branch of the Semitic languages
amharic,
ethiopian language the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact
aramaic an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it
Semitic -
Of or pertaining to the Semites: Semitic people.
Semitic -
Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three of sons of Noah.
Semitic -
In a narrower sense, of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
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Semitic was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Tigre and Tigrinya among others. As language studies are interwoven with cultural studies, the term also came to describe the extended cultures and ethnicities, as well as the history of these varied peoples as associated by close geographic and linguistic distribution.
