What is Central Semitic languages?
{{Infobox language family |name = Central Semitic |region = [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]] |familycolor = Afro-Asiatic |fam2 = [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] |fam3 = [[West Semitic languages|West Semitic]] |child1 = [[Northwest Semitic languages|Northwest Semitic]] |child2 = [[Arabic language|Arabic]] |glotto = cent2236 |glottorefname= Central Semitic }} The '''Central Semitic''' languages are a branch of [[West Semitic languages]]. They are spoken in the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]]. The branch is made up of two parts, [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and the [[Northwest Semitic languages]] (including [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]).<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LfruK29pVl8C&dq=old+south+arabian+languages+grammar&pg=PA124 | title=Comparative Semitic Linguistics: A Manual| isbn=9781575060217| last1=Bennett| first1=Patrick R.| year=1998}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQpFAQAAQBAJ&dq=old+south+arabian+central+semitic&pg=PA11 | title=The Semitic Languages| isbn=9781136115882| date=2013-10-08| last1=Huehnergard| first1=John| last2=Pat-El| first2=Na'ama}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Semitic languages]]