The Semitic languages are a group of languages spoken in the Middle East and North Africa. They are part of the Afro-Asiatic language family.

Semitic languages include:

• Eastern
  • Akkadian (dead)
  • Assyrian (dead)
  • Babylonian (dead)
• Central
  • Phoenician (dead)
  • Ugaritic (dead)
  • Aramaic (dead)
  • Classical Hebrew (dead)
  • Hebrew
  • Arabic
• Southern
  • Sabaean (dead)
  • Ge'ez (dead)
  • Amharic