Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa

Akkadian - an ancient branch of the Semitic languages

Amharic, Ethiopian language - the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara people have been in close contact

Arabic, Arabic language - the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects

Aramaic - a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia

Canaanitic, Canaanitic language - a group of Semitic languages