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セム語族 (セムごぞく, semugozoku) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

セム語ご族ぞく

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Meanings

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Semitic languages

Refers to the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family, including Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic.

アラビア語ごはセム語ご族ぞくに属ぞくする。
Arabic belongs to the Semitic language family.

Kanji

語word, speech, language
族tribe, family

Related words

セム語ご派は
セム語派 is sometimes used synonymously, but セム語族 is the more common term for the language family.

Etymology

From セム (Sem, from the biblical figure Shem) + 語族 (language family). The term was coined in Western linguistics and adopted into Japanese.