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That’s common parlance in archeology for ancient languages in that region. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Semitic-speaking_peoples https://en.m.wikipe

• jonstewart 2y ago
  And in linguistics. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages
  • thaumasiotes 2y ago
    It's not specialized at all; "Semitic" is the only word for this concept used in English. In German they still talk about Hamito-Semitic languages, but we call those Afroasiatic now.