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    Default IF Arabs are Semites, then aren't Iranians, pakistanis, Indians, and afghans, Indo-Europeans?

    Or are Indo-european speaking near-easterners just OWD and are Semites instead?

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    They are, linguistically.

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    I think you don't know that term "Indo-European" is actually related to language and not race.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMaestro View Post
    I think you don't know that term "Indo-European" is actually related to language and not race.
    That's what I mean though. We always refer to Arabs as semites. Why dont we do the same for these Indo-European speaking countries?

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    They are Indo-Europeans
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    Arabs are Afro-Asiatics while Iranians are Indo-Europeans. It's not rocket science, bro.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Babak View Post
    That's what I mean though. We always refer to Arabs as semites. Why dont we do the same for these Indo-European speaking countries?
    That's because Semite is a smaller and more easily categorizable term compared to Indo-European. IE is a very broad term that includes a lot more diversity.

    It would make more sense to compare Indo-European to Afro-Asiatic and to compare Semitic to Iranic/Slavic/Celtic/etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mingle View Post
    That's because Semite is a smaller and more easily categorizable term compared to Indo-European. IE is a very broad term that includes a lot more diversity.

    It would make more sense to compare Indo-European to Afro-Asiatic and to compare Semitic to Iranic/Slavic/Celtic/etc.
    Semitic is a broad term too

    Do you realy think and Assyrian or Iraqi Arab have much in common with a Berber from North Africa

    Do you think a Polish or Lithuanian Jew is realy that much similar to StonyArabia or an average Beduin dude from Jordan or Palestine
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    Quote Originally Posted by cybernautic View Post
    Semitic is a broad term too

    Do you realy think and Assyrian or Iraqi Arab have much in common with a Berber from North Africa

    Do you think a Polish or Lithuanian Jew is realy that much similar to StonyArabia or an average Beduin dude from Jordan or Palestine
    So what terms are we supposed to use? We can use the same example for greeks too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cybernautic View Post
    Semitic is a broad term too

    Do you realy think and Assyrian or Iraqi Arab have much in common with a Berber from North Africa

    Do you think a Polish or Lithuanian Jew is realy that much similar to StonyArabia or an average Beduin dude from Jordan or Palestine
    Semitic is less broad than IE still. And its mainly a linguistic term not a cultural one.

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