Are Semitic Languages Mutually Intelligible?

As for other Semitic languages (Modern South Arabian, Amharic, Tigre, Tigrinya, other Ethiopian languages), there is no intelligibility at all.

Are Arabic and Hebrew mutually intelligible?

And in the Semitic language group, Amharic (Ethiopia's official language, though not their most widely-spoken language) is spoken by many more people than Hebrew. ... But Arabic and Hebrew are definitely NOT mutually intelligible. In fact, they might be about as similar as German and English.

Are Aramaic and Arabic mutually intelligible?

Aramaic languages and dialects

Some Aramaic dialects are mutually intelligible, whereas others are not, not unlike the situation with modern varieties of Arabic. ... Most dialects can be described as either "Eastern" or "Western", the dividing line being roughly the Euphrates, or slightly west of it.

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