Semitic people
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| - | '''Semitic''' most commonly refers to the [[Semitic languages]], a name used since the 1770s to refer to the language family currently present in West Asia, North and East Africa, and Malta. | + | '''Semites''', '''Semitic people''' or '''Semitic cultures''' (from the [[Bible|biblical]] "[[Shem]]") was a term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group who speak or spoke the [[Semitic languages]]. |
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| - | '''Semitic''' may also refer to: | + | |
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| - | ==Religions== | + | |
| - | * [[Abrahamic religions]], also known as [[Semitic religions (disambiguation)|Semitic religions]] | + | |
| - | * [[Ancient Semitic religion]] | + | |
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| - | ==Other linguistic terms== | + | |
| - | * [[Proto-Semitic language]] | + | |
| - | * [[Semitic root]] | + | |
| - | * [[Semitic studies]] | + | |
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| - | ==People== | + | |
| - | * [[Semitic people]], an obsolete term for cultures that speak or spoke Semitic languages | + | |
| - | * [[Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples]] | + | |
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| - | * [[Semitism (disambiguation)]] | + | * [[Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples]] |
| - | * [[Shem]] | + | * [[Hamitic]] |
| - | + | * [[Japhetites]] | |
| + | * [[Generations of Noah]] | ||
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Semites, Semitic people or Semitic cultures (from the biblical "Shem") was a term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group who speak or spoke the Semitic languages.
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