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December 2011
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This chapter gives a brief overview of the internal classification of the Semitic language family. The scheme promoted here is based on the earlier challenges made by R. Hetzron to the traditional subgrouping of the Semitic family. Problems addressed include the question of a South Semitic group, the features which distinguish the Central Semitic group, and the merits of the tree vs. wave model of classification.
July 2008
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Journal of the American Oriental Society
... The subdivision of the Semitic linguistic family into two main branches, eastern and western, is a stable datum in the history of classifications (Huehnergard and Rubin, 2012). East Semitic includes Akkadian and its varieties and Eblaite, while West Semitic is the ancestor of Central Semitic, Ethiopian Semitic languages, and Modern South Arabian languages. ...
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West Semitic Lexicon in Sumerian
December 2011
