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Discuss the languages of North Africa and Southwest Asia, paying special attention to the non-Arab languages in the region.
 
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These lines run east-west around the globe and are used to locate places north and south of the equator.
 
  A) meridians
  B) longitude
  C) meridians and longitude
  D) parallels
  E) Prime Meridians



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Answer to Question 1

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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