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The Canaanite languages, sometimes referred to as Canaanite dialects, are one of three subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages, the others being Aramaic and Amorite.
- Edomite
Edomite was a Northwest Semitic Canaanite language, very...
- Northwest Semitic Languages
Northwest Semitic is a division of the Semitic languages...
- Proto-Canaanite Alphabet
Proto-Canaanite, also referred to as Proto-Canaan, Old...
- Canaanite religion
Nabataean. Canaan. Hebrew. Punic. v. t. e. The Canaanite...
- Canaanite language
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- Edomite
The Canaanite languages are a branch of Northwest Semitic languages. The only main language still spoken from the branch is Hebrew. They are spoken in the Levant area of the Middle East . Category: Semitic languages.
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The Canaanite languages include Ammonite, Amarna Canaanite, Edomite, Hebrew, Moabite, Phoenician and the language of the Deir ʕAllā plaster text (from here on, sim- ply Deir ʕAllā) (Pat-El and Wilson-Wright 2015, 2016). Together with Aramaic, they form the Aramaeo-Canaanite subgroup of Northwest Semitic (Pat-El and Wilson-Wright, forthc.).
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Canaanite. Canaanites were a people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament. Most of their land, called Canaan, later became known as Judea which later was renamed to Palestine by Romans. The Canaanites settled in the region about 2000 BCE. They were the main inhabitants until about 1200 B.C. The Book of Joshua says that the Israelites ...
S. Samaritan Hebrew. Categories: Canaan. Languages attested from the 1st millennium BC. Languages extinct in the 1st millennium. Northwest Semitic languages. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
