Semitic language
C1020
concept
A Semitic language is a member of a family of related languages originating in the Middle East and North Africa, characterized by root-based morphology and including languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Amharic.
All labels observed (27)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Afroasiatic language | 125 |
| Semitic language canonical | 50 |
| branch of language family | 35 |
| Arabic dialect | 23 |
| Northwest Semitic language | 16 |
| Ethiopian Semitic language | 9 |
| modern Aramaic language | 8 |
| Canaanite language | 6 |
| South Semitic language | 6 |
| vernacular Arabic | 6 |
| Aramaic dialect | 4 |
| Aramaic language | 4 |
| Ethio-Semitic language | 4 |
| Neo-Aramaic language | 4 |
| Ethiosemitic language | 3 |
| Eastern Neo-Aramaic language | 2 |
| Semitic languages | 2 |
| ancient language group | 2 |
| group of Arabic dialects | 2 |
| modern Eastern Aramaic language | 2 |
| Aramaic dialect continuum | 1 |
| Eastern Aramaic language | 1 |
| Hebrew language variety | 1 |
| Middle Aramaic language | 1 |
| Northwest Semitic innovation | 1 |
| South Ethiosemitic languages | 1 |
| language of Mesopotamia | 1 |
Instances (270)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Philistine language | Northwest Semitic language |
| Southeastern Turkic | branch of language family |
| Western South Slavic languages | branch of language family |
| Mesopotamian Arabic | Arabic dialect |
| Oghuz Turkic language | branch of language family |
| Mandaic | Eastern Aramaic language |
| Turoyo | Neo-Aramaic language |
| Western Neo-Aramaic | modern Aramaic language |
| Hijazi Arabic | Arabic dialect |
| West Germanic languages | branch of language family |
| Masri | Arabic dialect |
| Arabic | — |
| Sanʽani Arabic | Arabic dialect |
| Canaanite shift | Northwest Semitic innovation |
| Central Atlas Tamazight | Afroasiatic language |
| Rifian | Afroasiatic language |
| Tarifit language | Afroasiatic language |
| Nabataean Aramaic | Aramaic dialect |
| Northern Berber | Afroasiatic language |
| Southwestern Turkic | branch of language family |
| Tamazight | Afroasiatic language |
|
Kingdom of Ammon
surface form:
Ammonite language
|
Canaanite language |
| Minaean | South Semitic language |
| Imperial Aramaic | Aramaic language |
| Beni Snous language | Afroasiatic language |
| Tasiwit | Afroasiatic language |
| Guanche language | Afroasiatic language |
| Ugaritic language | Northwest Semitic language |
| Ghomara language | Afroasiatic language |
| Tunisian Saharan Berber | Afroasiatic language |
| Northern Najdi Arabic | Arabic dialect |
| Badawi Najdi Arabic | Arabic dialect |
| Aramaic | — |
| Central Najdi Arabic | Arabic dialect |
| Proto-Canaanite language | Northwest Semitic language |
| Moabite language | Northwest Semitic language |
| Ammonite language | Northwest Semitic language |
| Ghadamès Berber language | Afroasiatic language |
| Palestinian Aramaic dialects | Aramaic dialect continuum |
| Southern Najdi Arabic | Arabic dialect |
| Edomite language | Northwest Semitic language |
| Kota–Toda subgroup | branch of language family |
| Damascene Arabic | Arabic dialect |
| Tamasheq | Afroasiatic language |
| Geʽez | — |
| Afar language | Afroasiatic language |
| ትግርኛ | — |
| Bedawiyet | Afroasiatic language |
| Harari | Afroasiatic language |
| Tlemcen Arabic | Arabic dialect |