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Semitic people

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

Semitic people is a panethnicity[1]. It draws 19,469 Wikipedia views per month (panethnicity category, ranking #3 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: ethnolinguistic group[3], archaism[4]
  • Named after: Shem[5]
  • Subclass of: Afroasiatic peoples[6]
  • Part of: Afroasiatic peoples[7]
  • Commons category: Semitic peoples[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Semitic-speaking peoples[9]
  • Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12]
  • Different from: Semitic[13], simit[14]
  • Studied by: Semitic studies[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

Why It Matters

Semitic people has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM480912
    Jewish encyclopedia id (russian) → 13755
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM480912, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 13414
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 13414, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167484342|SEMITES (#167484342)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] "
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → semites
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: semites, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962759|semites (#289962759)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Afroasiatic peoples
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → —
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531624005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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