Who Are the Semites? ?

Question: Who Are the Semites!? !?

Some people claim that the Arabs are the real Semites!. Any Ideas!? Www@QuestionHome@Com

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The term Semite means a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including Akkadians (Akkad), Canaanites (Canaan), Phoenicians (Phoenicia ), Hebrews (the Levant), Arabs (the Arabian Peninsula), and Ethiopian Semites (Ethiopia)!.

In the modern era, defining who is an Arab is done on the grounds of one or more of the following three criteria:
1: Genealogical: someone who can trace his or her ancestry to the tribes of Arabia - the original inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula - and the Syrian Desert!.
2: Linguistic: someone whose first language, and by extension cultural expression, is Arabic, including any of its varieties!.
3: Political: in the modern nationalist era, any person who is a citizen of a country where Arabic is either the national language or one of the official languages!.

Note that the last two are modern and cover by far the majority!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

"semitic" refers to a language group which includes Arabic and Hebrew!.

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Semitic refers to a group of languages!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Ancestors of Shem, one of Noah's three sons!.Www@QuestionHome@Com