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The image is a black and white map titled Map 5.2, which illustrates the distribution of Semitic languages across North Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Southern Europe and Central Asia. The map features country borders, names in capital letters, bodies of water, and numbered markers corresponding to specific language varieties.

At the bottom of the image is a legend that reads: Map 5.2. Semitic languages. 1: Moroccan Spoken Arabic; 2: Hassaniyya Spoken Arabic; 3: Tunisian Spoken Arabic; 4: Maltese; 5: Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic; 6: Egyptian Spoken Arabic; 7: Hijazi Spoken Arabic; 8: Tigrinya; 9: Harari; 10: Sanaani Spoken Arabic; 11: Omani Spoken Arabic; 12: Gulf Spoken Arabic; 13: Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic; 14: Hebrew.

The map displays the following geographical and textual details corresponding to these numbers:

Number 1 marks Moroccan Spoken Arabic in northern Morocco, near the cities of Tangier and Fez.
Number 2 indicates Hassaniyya Spoken Arabic in Western Sahara and Mauritania.
Number 3 is located in Tunisia for Tunisian Spoken Arabic.
Number 4 is placed on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea for Maltese.
Number 5 marks Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic in the desert region west of Egypt.
Number 6 indicates Egyptian Spoken Arabic near Cairo, which is marked with a dot.
Number 7 marks Hijazi Spoken Arabic on the western coast of Saudi Arabia, near Mecca, which is also marked with a dot.
Number 8 indicates Tigrinya in Eritrea. The word "Tigrinya" is also printed as text over this region.
Number 9 marks Harari in Ethiopia.
Number 10 indicates Sanaani Spoken Arabic in Yemen.
Number 11 marks Omani Spoken Arabic in Oman. Near the coast of Oman, the city of Shehri is marked with a dot.
Number 12 appears twice on the map to indicate Gulf Spoken Arabic. One instance is near Kuwait and the other is near the border of the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Number 13 marks Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic in Iraq, near Baghdad, which is marked with a dot.
Number 14 indicates Hebrew in the region of Israel and Palestine.

Other text labels on the map include country names such as Algeria (labeled "Algerian Spoken Arabic"), Libya ("Libyan Spoken Arabic"), Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, Ethiopia ("Amharic" is written over it), Sudan, Chad, Niger, Mali, and Mauritania. Major bodies of water labeled include the Atlantic Ocean on the left, the Mediterranean Sea in the center top, the Red Sea separating Africa from the Arabian Peninsula, the Arabian Sea to the east, and the Indian Ocean at the bottom right. Other cities marked with dots include Damascus (Syria), Shiraz (Iran), and Soqotri (an island off Yemen). The map also shows parts of Europe like Spain, France, Italy, and Greece, as well
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