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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...
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- Proto-Canaanite Alphabet
Proto-Canaanite, also referred to as Proto-Canaan, Old...
- 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
Languages. Phoenician alphabet. Aramaic alphabet. This article lists the notable inscriptions written in Canaanite (previously known as "Phoenician" and today split into Phoenician-proper, paleo-Hebrew, Punic etc.), as well as Old Aramaic. These inscriptions share an alphabet, as shown in these 1903 comparison tables.
NameImageNo.Discovered11923c.1000 BCE11923c.1000 BCE11926–19321000–900 BCE219501100–1000 BCECanaanite religion. The land of Canaan, which comprises the modern regions of Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. At the time when Canaanite religion was practiced, Canaan was divided into various city states.
The Canaanite languages, or Canaanite dialects, are one of the three subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages, the others being Aramaic and Amorite.
Sep 22, 2009 · For the Canaanite of the second millennium BC, there are two primary sources: (i) the texts written in Akkadian, the lingua franca of the time, by Canaanite scribes and which contain both Canaanitisms and explicit glosses, i.e., words written in cuneiform script as a gloss in the local language on a preceding Akkadian word; (ii) the Proto-Canaan...
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The Canaanite languages, sometimes referred to as Canaanite dialects, [1] are one of three subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages, the others being Aramaic and Amorite.
