Proto-Semitic Language
Proto-Semitic is the hypothetical proto-language ancestral to historical Semitic languages of the Middle East. Locations which have been proposed for its origination include northern Mesopotamia, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant with a 2009 study proposing that it may have originated around 3750 BCE. The Semitic language family is considered a component of the larger Afroasiatic macro-family of languages.
Read more about Proto-Semitic Language: Dating, Homeland, Phonology, Correspondence of Sounds With Daughter Languages, Correspondence of Sounds With Other Afroasiatic Languages, Comparative Vocabulary and Reconstructed Roots
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