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In [[linguistics]] and [[ethnology]], '''Semitic''' (from the [[Bible|Biblical]] "[[Shem]]", שם, translated as "name", ساميّ) was first used to refer to a [[language family]] of [[West Asia]]n origin, now called the [[Semitic languages]]. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of [[Ahlamu]], [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] (Assyrian-Babylonian), [[Amharic language|Amharic]], [[Ammonite language|Ammonite]], [[Amorite language|Amorite]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]/[[Syriac language|Syriac]], [[Canaanite language|Canaanite]]/[[Phoenician language|Phoenician]]/[[Carthaginian]], [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic|Chaldean]], [[Ebla]]ite, [[Edomite]], [[Ge'ez language|Ge'ez]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Maltese language|Maltese]], [[Mandaic language|Mandaic]], [[Moabite language|Moabite]], [[Sutean]], [[Tigre language|Tigre]] and [[Tigrinya]], and [[Ugaritic language|Ugaritic]], among others. | In [[linguistics]] and [[ethnology]], '''Semitic''' (from the [[Bible|Biblical]] "[[Shem]]", שם, translated as "name", ساميّ) was first used to refer to a [[language family]] of [[West Asia]]n origin, now called the [[Semitic languages]]. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of [[Ahlamu]], [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] (Assyrian-Babylonian), [[Amharic language|Amharic]], [[Ammonite language|Ammonite]], [[Amorite language|Amorite]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]/[[Syriac language|Syriac]], [[Canaanite language|Canaanite]]/[[Phoenician language|Phoenician]]/[[Carthaginian]], [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic|Chaldean]], [[Ebla]]ite, [[Edomite]], [[Ge'ez language|Ge'ez]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Maltese language|Maltese]], [[Mandaic language|Mandaic]], [[Moabite language|Moabite]], [[Sutean]], [[Tigre language|Tigre]] and [[Tigrinya]], and [[Ugaritic language|Ugaritic]], among others. | ||
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| + | The term '''Semite''' means a member of any of various ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples originating in the [[Near East]], including; [[Akkadians]] ([[Assyrian people|Assyrians/Syriacs]] and [[Babylonia]]ns), [[Ahlamu]], [[Amalekites]], [[Ammon (nation)|Ammonites]], [[Amorites]], [[Arameans]], [[Chaldea]]ns, [[Canaanites]], [[Eblaites]], [[Dilmun]]ites, [[Hebrews]] ([[Israelites]], [[Judea]]ns and [[Samaritans]]), Edomites, [[Ethiopian Semites]], [[Hyksos]], [[Arabs]], [[Nabateans]], [[Majan (civilization)|Magan]]ites, [[Maltese people|Maltese]], [[Mandaeans]], [[Mhallami]], [[Moabites]], [[Phoenicians]] (including [[Carthaginians]]), [[Sheba]]ns, [[Sabians]], [[Iram of the Pillars|Ubarites]] and [[Ugarit]]es. It was proposed at first to refer to the languages related to Hebrew by [[August Ludwig von Schlözer|Ludwig Schlözer]], in [[Johann Gottfried Eichhorn|Eichhorn's]] "Repertorium", vol. VIII (Leipzig, 1781), p. 161. Through Eichhorn the name then came into general usage (cf. his "Einleitung in das Alte Testament" (Leipzig, 1787), I, p. 45). In his "Geschichte der neuen Sprachenkunde", pt. I (Göttingen, 1807) it had already become a fixed technical term. | ||
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In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical "Shem", שם, translated as "name", ساميّ) was first used to refer to a language family of West Asian origin, now called the Semitic languages. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of Ahlamu, Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian), Amharic, Ammonite, Amorite, Arabic, Aramaic/Syriac, Canaanite/Phoenician/Carthaginian, Chaldean, Eblaite, Edomite, Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Mandaic, Moabite, Sutean, Tigre and Tigrinya, and Ugaritic, among others.
As language studies are interwoven with cultural studies, the term also came to describe the extended cultures and ethnicities, as well as the history of these varied peoples as associated by close geographic and linguistic distribution.
Origin
The term Semite means a member of any of various ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples originating in the Near East, including; Akkadians (Assyrians/Syriacs and Babylonians), Ahlamu, Amalekites, Ammonites, Amorites, Arameans, Chaldeans, Canaanites, Eblaites, Dilmunites, Hebrews (Israelites, Judeans and Samaritans), Edomites, Ethiopian Semites, Hyksos, Arabs, Nabateans, Maganites, Maltese, Mandaeans, Mhallami, Moabites, Phoenicians (including Carthaginians), Shebans, Sabians, Ubarites and Ugarites. It was proposed at first to refer to the languages related to Hebrew by Ludwig Schlözer, in Eichhorn's "Repertorium", vol. VIII (Leipzig, 1781), p. 161. Through Eichhorn the name then came into general usage (cf. his "Einleitung in das Alte Testament" (Leipzig, 1787), I, p. 45). In his "Geschichte der neuen Sprachenkunde", pt. I (Göttingen, 1807) it had already become a fixed technical term.
