Proto-Semitic language

"Proto-Semitic" redirects here; not to be confused with Proto-Sinaitic script.
Proto-Semitic
Reconstruction ofSemitic languages
Erac. 4500–3900 BC
Reconstructed
ancestor
Lower-order reconstructions
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Proto-Semitic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Semitic languages. There is no consensus regarding the location of the linguistic homeland for Proto-Semitic: scholars hypothesize that it may have originated in the Levant, the Sahara, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, or northern Africa.

The Semitic language family is considered part of the broader macro-family of Afroasiatic languages.

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