claim: The Maltese language emerged before Semitic languages.
evidence: Sir David Jack CBE FRS FRSE -LRB- 22 February 1924 -- 8 November 2011 -RRB- was a Scottish pharmacologist and medicinal chemist who specialised in the development of drugs for treating asthma .. development. drug development. FRSE. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. CBE. CBE. FRS. Fellow of the Royal Society. Scottish. Scottish people. pharmacologist. pharmacologist. medicinal chemist. medicinal chemist. asthma. asthma. He was head of research and development at Glaxo from 1978 until 1987 .. Glaxo. Glaxo. development. drug development