Semitic

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Semitic

1	n adj	a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family of or relating to the group of Semitic languages
2	adj	of or relating to or characteristic of Semites

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Semitic

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; Akkadian
an ancient branch of the Semitic languages; Amharic, Ethiopian language
the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact; Arabic, Arabic language
the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects; Aramaic
a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia; Maltese, Maltese language, Malti
the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French; Canaanitic, Canaanitic language
a group of Semitic languages; Hebrew
the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel; Assyrian, Assyrian Akkadian
an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia; Biblical Aramaic
the form of Aramaic that was spoken in Palestine in the time of the New Testament; Assyrian, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
the language of modern Iraq; Mandaean, Mandean
the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans; Canaanite
the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest; Phoenician
the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world; Ugaritic
an extinct Semitic language of northern Syria

Type of:: Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa

“Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology”

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