³1username³2JoshuaGrosse³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2980632140³2ip³2129.97.130.8³2data³2newauthor³31³3minor³30³3text³3Languages widespread throughout north africa and southwest asia.  Of particular note are Hebrew and Arabic, which have grown through their attachments to the major world religions of Judaism and IsLam.

The following language subfamilies are included:
* SemiticLanguages
* EgyptianLanguages
* BerberLanguages
* CushiticLanguages
* ChadicLanguages
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