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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. These closely related languages originate in the Levant and Mesopotamia, and were spoken by the ancient Semitic-speaking peoples of an area encompassing what is today ...
- 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 and Aramaic inscriptions
The Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, also known as...
- Canaan
Canaan and the Canaanites are mentioned some 160 times in...
- Edomite
Phoenician ( / fəˈniːʃən / fə-NEE-shən; Phoenician śpt knʿnlit.'language of Canaan' [2]) is an extinct Canaanite Semitic language originally spoken in the region surrounding the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
Canaanite languages, group of Northern Central or Northwestern Semitic languages including Hebrew, Moabite, Phoenician, and Punic. They were spoken in ancient times in Palestine, on the coast of Syria, and in scattered colonies elsewhere around the Mediterranean. An early form of Canaanite is attested in the Tell el-Amarna letters ( c. 1400 bc ...
Ammonite (extinct)/. Edomite (extinct) 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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