SEMITIC LANGUAGES

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The Semitic languages (77 languages) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, and in large immigrant and expatriate communities in North America, Europe, and Australasia. The terminology was first used in the 1780s by members of the Göttingen school of history, who derived the name from Shem, one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis.
Most scripts used to write Semitic languages are abjads - a type of alphabetic script that omits some or all of the vowels, which is feasible for these languages because the consonants are the primary carriers of meaning in the Semitic languages. These include the Ugaritic, Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, and ancient South Arabian alphabets. The Geʽez script, used for writing the Semitic languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea, is technically an abugida - a modified abjad in which vowels are notated using diacritic marks added to the consonants at all times, in contrast with other Semitic languages which indicate diacritics based on need or for introductory purposes. Maltese is the only Semitic language written in the Latin script and the only Semitic language to be an official language of the European Union.
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[@UltraSpark303]

Arabic is so beautiful language

[@Sanzianabel]

Maltese is cool because it has many words from Sicilian and Italian, the semitic + latin combo is interesting

[@goealshafay425]

Semitic power ✊

[@C0ffeeF1ower]

As a native Hebrew speak I understood the Phoenician language this time almost like it was a dialect of Hebrew 😳

[@iantheultimatemegaglaceon7514]

Greetings from Malta! 🇲🇹

[@francescoquirino1503]

It's quite fascinating to see how Italian language adopted linguistic casts from both the major Semitic languages. I think they are very significant and interesting to learn

[@NoName-nz7jb]

Nice video. My favorite among these languages is Arabic. Hope one day I will be able to speak Arabic fluently.

[@ThePanEthiopian]

I speak both amharic and arabic

[@A-AlZaidani707]

The old sabaic language, the Aramaic language, the Phoenician language, the Syriac language, and the Akkadian language, all the peoples of those languages mixed with each other, resulting in the Arabic language, which is the latest Semitic language. This information many people do not know.

[@AdinBenYosef]

I’m a fluent Hebrew speaker, and it is so amazing to see that there are still to this day, people who speak Phoenician.👍🏽

[@amilavxilmen5632]

You should mention the usage of Semitic languages as a religious sacred language across the world

[@YTZ_StoryLevel271]

Standard Arabic

[@gidi-yo]

As a native Hebrew speaker, the first time I read a text in Phoenician (from the 5th century BC), it amazed me how similar it is to Biblical Hebrew. I could understand most of it. I'm no expert, but it looks like they were dialects of the same language.

[@homosapien.a6364]

As an Arabic and Hebrew speaker, seeing these other variations of semitic language like Maltese and Syriac makes me want to learn them so badly:)

[@that1niceguy246]

I love the additional information you add in the beginning, really interesting!

[@sammesopotamia8166]

hello andy, thanx.. مرحبا آندي وشكرا

[@Cybernaut551]

It's cool how related Hebrew & Phonician are; likewise, Arabic & Maltese are related also.

[@SupremeShittyCraps]

Well made, Andy. I love your voice. ❤️

[@Davlavi]

Informative as always.

[@SweetlullabyJimin]

Can you make about Austronesian video please? ✨❤🙏🏻