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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 is the name given to (a) the Proto-Sinaitic...
- Edomite
Canaan. v. t. e. The Canaanite religion was the group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age to the first centuries CE. Canaanite religion was polytheistic and, in some cases, monolatristic . Beliefs. Afterlife beliefs and cult of the dead.
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.
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 .
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canaanite languages. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. * Canaanite inscriptions (4 C, 6 P) Canaanite writing systems (1 C, 6 P) Hebrew language (25 C, 86 P) Philistine language (1 C, 1 P) Phoenician language (3 C, 8 P) Proto-Sinaitic script (1 C, 7 P)
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.
According to common theory, Canaanites or Hyksos who spoke a Canaanite language [10] repurposed Egyptian hieroglyphs to construct a different script. [11] The earliest Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions are mostly dated to between the mid-19th (early date) and the mid-16th (late date) century BC.