Northwest Semitic languages
division of the Semitic languages of the Levant
The Northwest Semitic languages are a branch of Central Semitic languages. They came from the Levant in the Middle East. They include the languages Hebrew and Aramaic.[1]
| Northwest Semitic | |
|---|---|
| Levantine | |
| Geographic distribution: | concentrated in the Middle East |
| Linguistic classification: | Afro-Asiatic
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| Subdivisions: |
Samalian (extinct)
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References
change- ↑ Aaron D. Rubin (2008). "The subgrouping of the Semitic languages". Language and Linguistics Compass. 2 (1): 61–84. doi:10.1111/j.1749-818x.2007.00044.x.