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Thread #93525   Message #2084936
Posted By: Amos
23-Jun-07 - 01:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who came first, the Arab or the Jew?
Subject: RE: BS: Who came first, the Arab or the Jew?
Linguistically the following chart of languages of Semitic derivation, both Arabic and Hebrew (as well as African relations) may be of interest,

Semitic (73)
Central (55)
Aramaic (16)
Eastern (14)
Central (11)
Northeastern (9)
ASSYRIAN NEO-ARAMAIC [AII] (Iraq)
CHALDEAN NEO-ARAMAIC [CLD] (Iraq)
HÉRTEVIN [HRT] (Turkey)
HULAULÁ [HUY] (Israel)
KOI-SANJAQ SOORET [KQD] (Iraq)
LISHANA DENI [LSD] (Israel)
LISHANÁN [TRG] (Israel)
LISHANID NOSHAN [AIJ] (Israel)
SENAYA [SYN] (Iran)
Northwestern (2)
MLAHSÓ [QMQ] (Syria)
TUROYO [SYR] (Turkey)
Mandaic (2)
MANDAIC, CLASSICAL [MYZ] (Iran)
MANDAIC [MID] (Iran)
SYRIAC [SYC] (Turkey)
Western (2)
SAMARITAN ARAMAIC [SRA] (Palestinian West Bank and Gaza)
WESTERN NEO-ARAMAIC [AMW] (Syria)
South (39)
Arabic (36)
ARABIC, ALGERIAN SAHARAN SPOKEN [AAO] (Algeria)
ARABIC, ALGERIAN SPOKEN [ARQ] (Algeria)
ARABIC, BAHARNA SPOKEN [AFH] (Bahrain)
ARABIC, CHADIAN SPOKEN [SHU] (Chad)
ARABIC, CYPRIOT SPOKEN [ACY] (Cyprus)
ARABIC, DHOFARI SPOKEN [ADF] (Oman)
ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN [ARZ] (Egypt)
ARABIC, GULF SPOKEN [AFB] (Iraq)
ARABIC, HADRAMI SPOKEN [AYH] (Yemen)
ARABIC, HASSANIYA [MEY] (Mauritania)
ARABIC, HIJAZI SPOKEN [ACW] (Saudi Arabia)
ARABIC, JUDEO-IRAQI [YHD] (Israel)
ARABIC, JUDEO-MOROCCAN [AJU] (Israel)
ARABIC, JUDEO-TRIPOLITANIAN [YUD] (Israel)
ARABIC, JUDEO-TUNISIAN [AJT] (Israel)
ARABIC, JUDEO-TUNISIAN [AJT] (Tunisia)
ARABIC, JUDEO-YEMENI [JYE] (Israel)
ARABIC, LIBYAN SPOKEN [AYL] (Libya)
ARABIC, MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN [ACM] (Iraq)
ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN [ARY] (Morocco)
ARABIC, NAJDI SPOKEN [ARS] (Saudi Arabia)
ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN [APC] (Syria)
ARABIC, NORTH MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN [AYP] (Iraq)
ARABIC, NORTHEAST EGYPTIAN BEDAWI SPOKEN [AVL] (Egypt)
ARABIC, OMANI SPOKEN [ACX] (Oman)
ARABIC, SA ARABIC, SANAANI SPOKEN [AYN] (Yemen)
ARABIC, SHIHHI SPOKEN [SSH] (United Arab Emirates)
ARABIC, SOUTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN [AJP] (Jordan)
ARABIC, STANDARD [ABV] (Saudi Arabia)
ARABIC, SUDANESE SPOKEN [APD] (Sudan)
ARABIC, TA'IZZI-ADENI [ACQ] (Yemen)
ARABIC, TAJIKI SPOKEN [ABH] (Tajikistan)
ARABIC, TUNISIAN SPOKEN [AEB] (Tunisia)
JAKATI [JAT] (Moldova)
MALTESE [MLS] (Malta)
Canaanite (3)
HEBREW, ANCIENT [HBO] (Israel)
HEBREW [HBR] (Israel)
SAMARITAN [SMP] (Palestinian West Bank and Gaza)
South (18)
Ethiopian (12)
North (3)
GEEZ [GEE] (Ethiopia)
TIGRÉ [TIE] (Eritrea)
TIGRINYA [TGN] (Ethiopia)
South (9)
Outer (3)
n-Group (2)
GAFAT [GFT] (Ethiopia)
GURAGE, NORTH [GRU] (Ethiopia)
tt-Group (1)
GURAGE, WEST [GUY] (Ethiopia)
Transversal (6)
AMHARIC [AMH] (Ethiopia)
ARGOBBA [AGJ] (Ethiopia)
GURAGE, EAST [GRE] (Ethiopia)
HARARI [HAR] (Ethiopia)
MESMES [MYS] (Ethiopia)
ZAY [ZWA] (Ethiopia)
South Arabian (6)
BATHARI [BHE] (Oman)
HARSUSI [HSS] (Oman)
HOBYOT [HOH] (Oman)
JIBBALI [SHV] (Oman)
MEHRI [MHR] (Oman)
SOQOTRI [SQT] (Yemen)
Unclassified (1)
BIRALE [BXE] (Ethiopia)


An interesting cross section of the migrations of ancient tribes, this.

Excerpted from here.

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