Semitic people

obsolete term for an ethnic group in the Middle East
Intangible panethnicity Q62928
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Semitic people

Summary

Semitic people is a panethnicity[1]. It draws 7,828 Wikipedia views per month (panethnicity category, ranking #3 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Semitic people's instance of is recorded as panethnicity[3].
  • Semitic people's instance of is recorded as ethnolinguistic group[4].
  • Semitic people's instance of is recorded as archaism[5].
  • Shem is named after Semitic people[6].
  • Semitic people is a type of Afroasiatic peoples[7].
  • Semitic people is part of Afroasiatic peoples[8].
  • Semitic people's Commons category is recorded as Semitic peoples[9].
  • Semitic people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Semitic-speaking peoples[10].
  • Semitic people's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11].
  • Semitic people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Semitic people's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
  • Semitic people's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • Semitic people's different from is recorded as Semitic[15].
  • Semitic people's different from is recorded as simit[16].
  • Semitic people's studied by is recorded as Semitic studies[17].
  • Semitic people's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include panethnicity[3], ethnolinguistic group[4], and archaism[5]. Semitic people is a type of Afroasiatic peoples[7].

Origins

Shem is named after Semitic people[6].

Use and Application

Semitic people is part of Afroasiatic peoples[8].

Why It Matters

Semitic people draws 7,828 Wikipedia views per month (panethnicity category, ranking #3 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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