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fortmis wrote

You nailed it:

Semitic

/sɪˈmɪtɪk/

adjective

relating to or denoting a family of languages that includes Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic and certain ancient languages such as Phoenician and Akkadian, constituting the main subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic family.

relating to the peoples who speak Semitic languages, especially Hebrew and Arabic.

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