[[File:Amarna Akkadian letter.png|thumb|200px|14th century BC [[Amarna letters|diplomatic letter]] in [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], found in [[Amarna]].]]
The'''Ngôn mostngữ widelySemitic''' spokenlà Semiticnhóm languagesngôn todayngữ aregồm các ngôn ngữ có liên quan với nhau được nói bởi 467 triệu người tại Trung Đông, Bắc Phi, và [[ArabicSừng language|Arabicchâu Phi]]. Chúng là một nhánh của họ ngôn ngữ Phí-Á. Ngôn ngữ Semitic được nói nhiều nhất hiện nay là tiếng Ả Rập<ref>Including all varieties.</ref> (206 milliontriệu nativengười speakersbản ngữ),<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=arb Ethnologue report for language code:arb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[AmharicTiếng Amhara]] (27 milliontriệu),<ref>1994 Ethiopian census</ref><ref>[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/amharic.htm Amharic alphabet, pronunciation and language<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]] (5.8 milliontriệu),<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tir Ethnologue report for language code:tir]</ref> andvà [[tiếng Hebrew language|Hebrew]] (aboutkhoảng 5 milliontriệu).<ref name=HebrewNumberOfSpeakers>Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/. (Hebrew->Population total all countries, [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=heb])</ref>▼
The '''[[Semitic]] languages''' are a group of related [[language]]s whose living representatives are spoken by more than 467 million people across much of the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]] and the [[Horn of Africa]]. They constitute a branch of the [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] language family.
▲The most widely spoken Semitic languages today are [[Arabic language|Arabic]]<ref>Including all varieties.</ref> (206 million native speakers),<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=arb Ethnologue report for language code:arb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[Amharic]] (27 million),<ref>1994 Ethiopian census</ref><ref>[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/amharic.htm Amharic alphabet, pronunciation and language<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]] (5.8 million),<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tir Ethnologue report for language code:tir]</ref> and [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] (about 5 million).<ref name=HebrewNumberOfSpeakers>Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/. (Hebrew->Population total all countries, [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=heb])</ref>
==Chú thích==
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==Living Semitic languages by number of speakers==
