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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...
- Edomite
The Canaanite languages, or Canaanite dialects, are one of the three subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages, the others being Aramaic and Amorite. They were spoken by the ancient Semitic people of the Canaan and Levant regions, an area encompassing what is today Israel , Jordan , Sinai , Lebanon , Syria , the Palestinian territories and ...
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Canaano-Akkadian is an ancient Semitic language which was the written language of the Amarna letters from Canaan. [1] [2] It is a mixed language with mainly Akkadian vocabulary and Canaanite grammatical features. It used the cuneiform writing system of the Akkadian language .
The term Canaanite has two primary usages: (i) to designate the dialects of Northwest Semitic spoken in the region called Canaan in the second half of the second millennium BC; and (ii) to differentiate the “Canaanite” dialects of the first millennium, primarily Phoenician and Hebrew, from other Northwest Semitic languages spoken in Canaan after...
The Canaanite languages, or Canaanite dialects, are one of the three subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages, the others being Aramaic and Ugaritic, all originating in the Levant and Mesopotamia. They are attested in Canaanite inscriptions throughout the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the East Mediterranean, and after the founding of Carthage by Phoenician colonists, in coastal regions ...
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.
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
