[RightWingAtheist]

Incorrect on both counts. It was nutters like Gobineau who used the term "Aryan" to describe "race"; the use of the terms in lingusitics is completely separate. "Aryan" and "Semitic" are now used less often, partly because of the loaded nature of the words; the terms now used are "Indo-European" and "Afro-Asiatic". Also, linguistics can now be considered a true science, partly through Chomsky's work in the fifties (I hate to admit it, because Chomsky the Man is utterly despicable), and through advances explaining linguistic features and evolution through cognitive science. Read some of Steven Pinker's work on the subject.

[colorado tanker]

If you speak with someone from India about their history, they will tell you it was the Aryans who invaded and brought the Sanskrit language with them. I guess they're not as worried about being p.c.

[Virginia-American]

"Aryan" and "Semitic" are now used less often, partly because of the loaded nature of the words; the terms now used are "Indo-European" and "Afro-Asiatic".

Actually, Aryan is synonymous with "Indo-Iranian", the branch of Indo-European that includes Avestan, Farsi, Dari, Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Romany, etc.

Semitic is one of the components of Afro-Asiatic, others being Berber, Cushitic, Omotic, Chadic and Ancient Egyptian. See the maps I linked to above.