Both languages originated in Asia. Arabic is also widely spoken in North Africa.
The two most important are: Arabic and Hebrew
In South Asia, Turkish is spoken primarily in the nation of Pakistan, where it is used in diplomatic and business contexts. In North Africa, Turkish is predominantly spoken in countries like Egypt and Libya, where historical ties exist with the Ottoman Empire. Farsi, on the other hand, is not commonly spoken in these regions; it is more commonly found in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.
In the Middle East, Hebrew is spoken in:IsraelIn the Middle East, Kurdish is spoken in:TurkeyIraqIranSyriaAzerbaijanIsrael (by about 150,000 Kurdish Jews)In the Middle East and North Africa, Arabic is spoken in:AlgeriaBahrainChadComorosDjiboutiEgyptEritreaIraqIsraelJordanKuwaitLebanonLibyaMaltaMauritaniaMoroccoOmanPalestinian AuthorityQatarSaudi ArabiaSomaliaSudanSyriaTanzania( Zanzibar)TunisiaUnited Arab EmiratesYemen
There are thousands of different dialects of thousands of different languages spoken in Africa. Many have no connection to each other. In addition to these minor African Languages, Arabic and Berber are spoken in North Africa, French in many parts of West Africa, Northern Africa, Central Africa, and on Madagascar. English is spoken in Southern Africa and Sierra Leone, and is used as the Lingua Franca in much of Africa. Portuguese is spoken in parts of Angola and Mozambique, and Swahili is spoken all over Eastern Africa.
French is primarily spoken in Europe (France, Belgium, Switzerland), Africa (North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa), and North America (Canada, specifically in Quebec). It is also spoken in some parts of the Caribbean and South America due to historical colonization.
It was Hebrew and Aramaic which was used in the old testament. Greek is not. The Semitic languages are a language family originating in the Near East whose living representatives are spoken by more than 470 million people across much of Western Asia, North Africa and the Horn of Africa, as well as in large expatriate communities in North America and Europe. Those languages were spoken by descendants of Shem son of Noah and some Canaanites who were servants of Semitic people. Some of them were Akkadian, Ugaritic, Phoenician, Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic and Ge'ez.
Yes, Arabic is spoken by millions of people. Arabic is spoken in many countries in the middle east and north Africa.
Afro-asiatic, which is the same family that includes Amharic, Aramaic, and Hebrew.
In South Africa alone there are more than ten:isiZuluisiXhosaAfrikaansEnglishSouth SothoNorth SothoSetswanaXitsongaTshivendaisiNedeleSiswatiSwahili is used as a lingua franca in much of East Africa.Varieties of Arabic are spoken across North Africa.
There is no one single language in Africa, there are over 2000 spoken languages and dialects across 54 independant countries
Both Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic languages with similar grammatical structures and right-to-left writing systems. However, they have distinct alphabets and vocabulary due to their different historical and cultural influences. Arabic is spoken by millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa, while Hebrew is primarily used in Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.