Hebrew
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Hebrew is a language spoken by Jews. Hebrew is a Semitic language, related to Arabic.
The Old Testament was written in Ancient Hebrew and Aramaic.
The original Hebrew died out as a spoken language. Modern Hebrew is a restoration of Ancient Hebrew with many differences to the older form.
Ancient Hebrew has been claimed to have a recursive grammar, unlike the famous case of Piraha. Many linguists dispute this claim, however, and it has been shown to be conclusively false for modern Hebrew, which has a completely non-recursive grammar.