Home›Semitic Languages›All Semitic LanguagesBrowse ByAll Semitic LanguagesReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe Semitic branch of Afro-Asiatic. Belongs here: Arabic and its regional varieties Egyptian Arabic, Levantine Arabic and Sudanese Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, Tigrinya, Ge'ez, Akkadian, Syriac, and Maltese, the only Semitic language written in the Latin alphabet. Does not belong here: a non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic branch language such as Hausa or Somali, grouped under Other Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan and Khoisan Languages instead.FactsAll Semitic LanguagesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested460 1All Semitic LanguagesFilter Results14 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAfro-Asiatic (11)East Semitic (1)Northwest Semitic (2)RegionAllEgypt (1)Eritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia (1)Ethiopia (1)Malta (1)Mesopotamia (Assyria and Babylonia), modern Iraq (1)The Kingdom of Aksum, modern Ethiopia and Eritrea (1)StatusAllExtinct (3)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (2)Living (8)Speaker Count BandAll0.000000 (4)570000.000000 (1)5000000.000000 (1)7507780.000000 (1)52000000.000000 (1)58800000.000000 (1)60000000.000000 (1)119000000.000000 (1)274000000.000000 (1)Script UsedAllArabic Script (4)Cuneiform (1)Ge'ez Script (3)Hebrew Square Script (1)Latin Script (2)Phoenician Script (1)Syriac Alphabet (1)Period Start YearAll-2600 (1)-1100 (1)-1000 (1)100 (1)125 (1)1201 (1)1436 (1)Descends FromAllGulf Arabic (1)Hejazi Arabic (1)Iraqi Arabic (1)Maghrebi Arabic (1)Moroccan Arabic (1)Najdi Arabic (1)Tunisian Arabic (1)Yemeni Arabic (1)Language KindAllExtinct (5)Safe (7)Official StatusAllNo Official Status (3)Official Language (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14AkkadianSemitic LanguagesAmharicSemitic LanguagesArabicSemitic LanguagesAramaicSemitic LanguagesEblaiteSemitic LanguagesEgyptian ArabicSemitic LanguagesGe'ezSemitic LanguagesHebrewSemitic LanguagesLevantine ArabicSemitic LanguagesMalteseSemitic LanguagesSudanese ArabicSemitic LanguagesSyriacSemitic LanguagesTigrinyaSemitic LanguagesUgariticSemitic LanguagesSources1. Wikipedia: Semitic Languagestier 2WikipediaLead section, first paragraphQuote, Lead section, first paragraphThey are spoken by more than 460 million people across much of West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Malta, and in large immigrant and expatriate communities in North America, Europe, and Australasia.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.