Most authorities divide Semitic into two branches: East Semitic, which includes the extinct Akkadian language and West Semitic, which includes Arabic, Aramaic, the Canaanite languages (including Hebrew), as well as the Ethiopian Semitic languages such as Ge'ez and Amharic.
mˈoʊst ɐθˈɔːɹɪɾiz dᵻvˈaɪd sɛmˈɪɾɪk ˌɪntʊ tˈuː bɹˈæntʃᵻz: ˈiːst sɛmˈɪɾɪk, wˌɪtʃ ɪŋklˈuːdz ðɪ ɛkstˈɪŋkt ækˈeɪdiən lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ænd wˈɛst sɛmˈɪɾɪk, wˌɪtʃ ɪŋklˈuːdz ˈæɹɐbˌɪk, ˌæɹɐmˈeɪɪk, ðə kˈænɑːnˌaɪt lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ hˈiːbɹuː, æz wˈɛl æz ðɪ ˌiːθɪˈoʊpiən sɛmˈɪɾɪk lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz sˈʌtʃ ɐz dʒˈɛɛz ænd æmhˈæɹɪk.