? : Himyaritic language

East Semitic languages

: Akkadian language

Central Semitic languages

┣ Northwest Semitic languages

┃┣ Canaanite languages

┃┃: Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew language

┃┃

┃┗ Aramaic

┃　┗ Eastern Aramaic languages

┃　　: Syriac language, Mandaic language, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

┃

┗ Arabic

　: Arabic, Maltese language

South Semitic languages

┣ Ethiopian Semitic languages

┃┣ North Ethiopic

┃┃: Geʽez, Tigrinya language

┃┃

┃┗ South Ethiopic

┃　: Amharic

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┗ Modern South Arabian languages

　: Mehri language, Soqotri language