Semitic languages. The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, [note 1] the Horn of Africa, [note 2] and latterly North Africa, [note 3] Malta, [note 4] West Africa, and in large …

Semitic languages, languages that form a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. Members of the Semitic group are spread throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia and …

The Moabite language, also known as the Moabite dialect, is an extinct sub-language or dialect of the Canaanite languages, themselves a branch of Northwest Semitic languages, formerly …

Semitic Languages. Encyclopedias. The general designation of a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely Assyrian, Hebrew, Phoenician, Aramaic, …

One big difference between many of the Semitic languages is that they use various writing systems: Arabic uses the Arabic alphabet (written right to left), Amharic, Tigrinya and Tigre …

In the Hebrew Bible, the relationship between Israel and Moab is an enigma. On one hand, Moab is the enemy. Moabite history begins with an ethnic joke that goes back to Lot’s incestuous …

Semitic Languages. The Semitic languages are generally divided into three main groups: (1) Eastern Semitic; (2) Northwestern or Western Semitic; (3) Southwestern or Southern Semitic. …

The Moabite language differed only dialectally from Hebrew, and Moabite religion and culture were very closely related to those of the Israelites. Nevertheless, Moabites were excluded from …

Semitic languages, Canaanite languages, Central Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic languages spoken in Jordan latitude 31.9 longitude 35.75