In the 6th century AD , Classical Arabic was a conservative Semitic language compared with Classical Syriac , which was spoken at the same time ; Classical Arabic strongly resembles reconstructed Proto - Semitic .
Classical Syriac has changed much more .
In the 6th century AD , Classical Arabic was a conservative Semitic language compared with Classical Syriac , which was spoken at the same time ; Classical Arabic strongly resembles reconstructed Proto - Semitic , while Syriac has changed much more .