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The Hebrew Language

Where Hebrew fits in the world's language groups

By , About.com Guide

Hebrew is not an Indo-European language. It is part of another language group that has been called Hamito-Semitic but is now usually called Afro-Asiatic. The languages of this group include Arabic, Aramaic (the language of Jesus), Phoenician, Akkadian (the language in which ancient cuneiform texts were written), ancient Egyptian, Coptic, Somali, and many more.

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