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The '''Semitic languages''' are a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. The main and most well known Semitic languages are [[Hebrew]], [[Aramaic]] ([[Syriac]]), [[Arabic]], and [[Amharic]]. But modern versions of dialects of some of these languages show intermingling with and influence by some [[Indo-European language]]s.  

The '''Semitic languages''' are a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. The main and most well known Semitic languages are [[Hebrew]], [[Aramaic]] ([[Syriac]]), [[Arabic]], and [[Amharic]]. But modern versions of dialects of some of these languages show intermingling with and influence by some [[Indo-European language]]s.  

Semitic languages are "root" languages -  with basic meanings of words derived (mostly) from trilateral roots (words that cannot be broken down any further), trilateral in the sense they have three consonants. These three consonants do not undergoes change, but the vowels do changes to determine tense, aspect and person, similar to ablaut (''Sing'', ''sang'', ''sung'', ''song'', thus vowel changes alone can mark the nominalization of a verbal root as well as past tense, of which there are two variants in the case of ''sing''). Trilateral Roots are pronounced with vowels, as in ''sabal'', ''katab'', ''qavah'', ''śaṭan'', and ''chavah''. <ref>http://lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/5449.html</ref> <ref>http://lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/3789.html </ref> <ref>lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/6960.html </ref> <ref>http://lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/7853.html </ref>

Semitic languages are "root" languages -  with basic meanings of words derived (mostly) from trilateral roots (words that cannot be broken down any further), trilateral in the sense they have three consonants. These three consonants do not undergoe any changes, but the vowels do change to determine tense, aspect and person, similar to the Indo-European phenomenon which is ablaut (''Sing'', ''sang'', ''sung'', ''song'', thus vowel changes alone can mark the nominalization of a verbal root as well as past tense, of which there are two variants in the case of ''sing''). Trilateral Roots are pronounced with vowels, as in ''sabal'', ''katab'', ''qavah'', ''śaṭan'', and ''chavah''. <ref>http://lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/5449.html</ref> <ref>http://lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/3789.html </ref> <ref>lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/6960.html </ref> <ref>http://lexiconcordance.com/hebrew/7853.html </ref>

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