semitic

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to the group of Semitic languages (synset 303127542)
    "Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology"
  2. Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites (synset 303127361)
    "Semite peoples"
    same as: semite
Noun
  1. A major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (synset 106999554)
    is a type of: afrasian, afrasian language, afro-asiatic, afroasiatic, afroasiatic language, hamito-semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
    subtypes:
    • 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

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