Uncommon
Proto-Semitic language
Hypothetical reconstructed proto-language
Proto-Semitic language
The Proto-Semitic language is the hypothetical or reconstructed common ancestor of the language family of Semitic languages. The Semitic language family includes Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Tigre, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Modern South Arabian languages and numerous other ancient and modern languages. The Semitic language family is considered part of the broader macro-family of Afroasiatic languages. The reconstruction of Proto-Semitic was originally based primarily on Arabic, whose phonology and morphology (particularly in Classical Arabic) is extremely conservative, and which preserves as contrastive 28 out of the evident 29 consonantal phonemes of Proto-Semitic. There is disagreement among scholars regarding the location of the linguistic homeland of Proto-Semitic: it may have originated in the Levant, the Sahara, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, or northern Africa.
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