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date: 14 December 2024

Arabic and Muslim Family Names 

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Dictionary of American Family Names
Author(s):
David JusticeDavid Justice

Arabic is the most widely spoken of the Semitic languages, with over 400 million speakers today, making it the 5th most widely spoken language in the world. Historically, its sister languages in the Semitic family include Hebrew, Aramaic (including Syriac), and Amharic. More distantly, these are related to other branches of the inclusive Afro‑Asiatic language family, such as Berber or ancient Egyptian.... ...

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