Northwest Semitic languages facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Northwest Semitic |
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| Levantine | |
| Geographic distribution: |
concentrated in the Middle East |
| Linguistic classification: | Afro-Asiatic
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| Subdivisions: |
Samalian (extinct)
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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.
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Charles Morton's 1759 updated version of Edward Bernard's "Orbis eruditi", comparing all known alphabets as of 1689, including Northwest Semitic which is described as "Adami, Noachi, Nini, Abrahami, Phoenicum et Samaritarum ante Christe (5509) a nummis Iudaicis Africanisque Pentateucho Mosis"
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