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Originally Posted by Rawn M.D.
Ashkanazi r white jews from europe
sepharidic are jews from Spain or n africa
semitic is usually referring to language from that area
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word but the languages are referred to as semitic because semites wrote/spoke them
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semite
semite-
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a : a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs
b : a descendant of these peoples
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a: a member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language