The Atlantic languages of Semitic or Semitidic, also called para-Semitic, origin are a disputed concept in historical linguistics put forward by Theo Vennemann. He proposed that Semitic language speakers occupied regions in Europe thousands of years ago and influenced the later Indo-European languages that were not themselves part of the Semitic family. The theory has found no notable acceptance among linguists and is criticized as based on sparse and often misinterpreted data.
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RegionEuropean Atlantic coast (hypothesized by Theo Vennemann) 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Atlantic (Semitic) languages
Theory and argumentationQuote, Theory and argumentation
Afroasiatic seafarers settled the European Atlantic coast
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