Northwest Semitic languages

Northwest Semitic
Levantine
Geographic
distribution		concentrated in the Middle East
Linguistic classificationAfroasiatic
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottolognort3165

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

  1. ↑ 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.
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