Central Semitic languages

Central Semitic languages are one of the three groups of West Semitic languages, alongside Modern South Arabian languages and Ethiopian Semitic languages.

Central Semitic
Geographic
distribution		Middle East
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
  • Semitic
    • West Semitic
      • Central Semitic
Subdivisions
Glottologcent2236

Central Semitic can itself be further divided into two groups: Arabic and Northwest Semitic. Northwest Semitic languages largely fall into the Canaanite languages (such as Phoenician and Hebrew) and the Aramaic languages.

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