East Semitic languages
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title:
East Semitic languages
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The East Semitic languages are one of three divisions of the Semitic languages. The East Semitic group is attested by three distinct languages, Akkadian, Eblaite and possibly Kishite, all of which have been long extinct. They were influenced by the non-Semitic Sumerian language and adopted cuneiform writing. East Semitic languages stand apart from other Semitic languages, which are traditionally called West Semitic, in a number of respects. Historically, it is believed that the linguistic situat
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Subgroup of the Semitic languages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Semitic_languages
date created:
2006-02-09T16:14:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T07:43:19Z
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