(1) Arabic, with its affiliations, includes Ethiopic and Amharic.
(2) Aramaic is represented by Syriac.
(3) Mesopotamian includes ancient Assyrian, Babylonian, and the modern language of the Chaldees of Kurdistan.
(4) Canaanitish includes Phœnician and Hebrew.
The primitive Semitic alphabet consisted of seventeen letters only. “Sem” is the equivalent for “Chem” by a natural law of speech. ☞
Semitic (Sub), see [Hebræo-African].
Sena.
African: dialect of the Mozambique.
Senaar, see [Shilluk].