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Definition of: Semitic
(sə·mit′ik) adjective
Of or pertaining to the Semites, or to any of their languages.
—noun A subfamily of the Hamito–Semitic family of languages, divided into three groups
—East Semitic (Akkadian), Northwest Semitic (Phoenician, ancient and modern Hebrew, Aramaic, etc.), and Southwest Semitic (Arabic, Ethiopic, Amharic, etc.).
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