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West Semitic languages

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P. Haupt (1878) first recognized that the qatala past tense found in West Semitic was an innovation, and that the Akkadian prefixed past tense must be archaic. It was F. Hommel, however, who recognized the implications of this for the subgrouping of Semitic; cf. Hommel(1883: 63, 442; 1892: 92–97;
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is debated. In older classifications, it is grouped with the South Semitic languages. However, Hetzron and Huehnergard connect it more closely with the Northwest Semitic languages, to form
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Die semitischen Volker und Sprachen als erster Versuch einer Encyclopadie der semitischen Sprach- und Alterthums-Wissenschaft
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The Balaam Text from Deir ʻAlla Re-evaluated: Proceedings of the International Symposium Held at Leiden, 21–24 August 1989
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Faber, Alice (2013) . "Genetic Subgrouping of the Semitic Languages". In Hetzron, Robert (ed.).
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Ethiopic and South Arabian show particular common features, and are often grouped together as
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divides the Semitic language family into two branches: Eastern and Western.
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The West Semitic languages consist of the clearly defined sub-groups:
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Hoftijzer, Jacob; Kooij, Gerrit Van der (January 1991).
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Index

West Semitic
Middle East
Linguistic classification
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
Central Semitic
South Semitic
Glottolog
west2786
Semitic languages
Fritz Hommel
Semiticists
Robert Hetzron
John Huehnergard
Modern South Arabian
Old South Arabian
Ethiopic
Arabic
Maltese
Northwest Semitic
Hebrew
Aramaic
Amorite
Ugaritic
East Semitic languages
extinct
Eblaite
Akkadian
South Semitic
Semitic languages

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