Semitic Languages: Idioma Semítiko

The Semitic language family is spoken in the Middle-East and northern Africa, and is a branch of the much larger Afroasiatic language family. It is historically very important since several religious traditions are transmitted in a Semitic language, including Islam and Judaism. Although speakers of some of the Semitic languages are politically divided, their languages are closely related. The writing systems of the Semitic languages prioritize the consonants, while the vowels are either not marked at all or are marked with small dots. In this book, translations into Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew are included. All three language names stand for a cluster of varieties, some ancient, some modern.