Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
language family
|
| gptkbp:extinct |
gptkb:Phoenician
Akkadian Eblaite Ugaritic |
| gptkbp:hasSubgroup |
gptkb:East_Semitic_languages
gptkb:South_Semitic_languages gptkb:West_Semitic_languages Central Semitic languages |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Semitic language
|
| gptkbp:ISO639-3 |
sem
|
| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Proto-Semitic
|
| gptkbp:linguisticFeature |
emphatic consonants
vowel alternation triliteral roots nonconcatenative morphology |
| gptkbp:notableLanguage |
gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Amharic Akkadian Maltese Tigrinya |
| gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers |
over 300 million
|
| gptkbp:originatedIn |
circa 4th millennium BCE
|
| gptkbp:spokenIn |
gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:North_Africa gptkb:Horn_of_Africa |
| gptkbp:subfamily |
gptkb:Afroasiatic_languages
|
| gptkbp:usedFor |
gptkb:literature
gptkb:public_administration gptkb:religion commerce |
| gptkbp:writingSystem |
gptkb:Amazon
Abjad |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Assyrian_language
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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