Semitic languages
E12741
Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family that includes historically and culturally significant languages such as Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic, spoken across the Middle East and parts of Africa.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canaanite language | 1 |
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language family ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Semitic language ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
broken plurals in many languages
ⓘ
derivational verb stems ⓘ emphatic consonants ⓘ gendered nouns ⓘ grammatical gender distinction ⓘ nonconcatenative morphology ⓘ prefix and suffix conjugation of verbs ⓘ rich consonant inventories ⓘ root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ triconsonantal roots ⓘ use of case in older stages ⓘ |
| hasEarliestAttestation | 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| hasField | Semitic philology ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
languages of Judaism Christianity and Islam
ⓘ
languages of major religious texts ⓘ |
| hasISOFamilyCode | sem ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Akkadian
ⓘ
Amharic ⓘ Arabic ⓘ Aramaic ⓘ Geez ⓘ Ge'ez ⓘ
surface form:
Geʽez
Hebrew ⓘ Maltese ⓘ Mehri ⓘ Phoenician language ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenician
Sabaic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ Tigrinya ⓘ Ugaritic alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Ugaritic
|
| hasLivingSpeakers | hundreds of millions of people ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | influence on many writing systems worldwide ⓘ |
| hasParentFamily | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ Horn of Africa ⓘ Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Malta ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Sahel ⓘ |
| hasStatus | includes both living and extinct languages ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Central Semitic languages
ⓘ
East Semitic languages ⓘ Ethiopian Semitic languages ⓘ Modern South Arabian languages ⓘ South Semitic languages ⓘ Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form:
West Semitic languages
|
| hasWritingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Geʽez script ⓘ Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew script
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac script
abjad scripts ⓘ cuneiform (for Akkadian and Ugaritic) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Afroasiatic language family
|
| studiedBy | Semitic linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Quran ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac Christian literature
ancient Mesopotamian texts ⓘ |
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Geʽez
this entity surface form:
Canaanite language