Editing Languages of Asia (section)

===Afro-Asiatic===
{{main|Semitic languages}}

The [[Afroasiatic languages]] (in older sources Hamito-Semitic) are represented in Asia by the [[Semitic languages|Semitic branch]]. Semitic languages are spoken in [[Western Asia]], and include the various dialects of [[Arabic]] and [[Neo-Aramaic language|Aramaic]], [[Modern Hebrew]], and [[Modern South Arabian languages]] in addition to extinct languages such as [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] and [[Ancient South Arabian]].