Discuss the languages of North Africa and Southwest Asia, paying special attention to the non-Arab languages in the region.



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While Semitic languages, especially Arabic (and to a lesser extent, Hebrew) are dominant, other languages are
present in the region. In fact, in the two countries in the region that have never been occupied (Iran and Turkey), non-Semitic languages are the rule. Turks speak an Altaic language while Iranians speak an Indo-European language.

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