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To: Genoa

“Who knew? Der Fuhrer was a self-hating Jew!”

Berber (i.e., arab).

Still semetic, though.


29 posted on 08/23/2010 11:48:33 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca
I think the Berber are ethnically distinct from all the Semites, but the Afroasiatic language group has six divisions ~ to wit: Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Omotic and Semitic.

What that means is they have a number of grammatical forms and a serious piece of vocabulary in common but otherwise are not mutually understandable. You have to learn the others to understand them ~ just like in the Indo-European languages. Knowing German doesn't enable you to deal easily with Punjabi.

34 posted on 08/23/2010 11:58:15 AM PDT by muawiyah
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