Northwest Semitic languages
| Northwest Semitic | |
|---|---|
| Levantine | |
| Geographic distribution | concentrated in the Middle East |
| Linguistic classification | Afroasiatic
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | nort3165 |
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]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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.
