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The term Semitemeans a member of any of various ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including; Akkadians (Assyrians andBabylonians), Eblaites, Ugarites, Canaanites, Phoenicians(including Carthaginians), Hebrews (Israelites, Judeans andSamaritans), Ahlamu, Arameans, Chaldeans, Amorites,Moabites, Edomites, Hyksos, Arabs, Nabateans, Maganites,Shebans, Sutu, Ubarites, Dilmunites, Maltese, Mandaeans,Sabians, Syriacs, Mhallami, Amalekites and Ethiopian Semites.

Semitic peoples are generally referred to by language and an ethnic group of peoples. In the past the language of the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Punic, Aramaic, ancient Hebrew, Arabic were among the semitic languages.

Using the ethnic classification of today's world, the two main groups of Semitic peoples are Arabic and modern day Jews.

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