The English-language Wikipedia article on the West Semitic languages, the proposed major sub-grouping of Semitic set against the extinct East Semitic branch, encompassing Arabic, Ethiopic, South Arabian and Northwest Semitic. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made.
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Wikipedia: West Semitic languages
Wikimedia FoundationSelf-citation, English Wikipedia article West Semitic languages
a proposed major sub-grouping of Semitic languages, the other being the long-extinct East Semitic languages division
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The West Semitic languages are a proposed major sub-grouping of Semitic languages, the other being the long-extinct East Semitic languages division.
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