Ugaritic language

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The Ugaritic language is an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken in the ancient city of Ugarit on the Syrian coast, known primarily from cuneiform texts dating to the Late Bronze Age.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ugaritic 13
Ugaritic language canonical 4
Ugaritic texts 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Semitic language
ancient language
extinct language
archaeologicalSite Ugarit
surface form: Ras Shamra
closelyRelatedTo Amorite language
Aramaic language
Hebrew
surface form: Hebrew language

Phoenician language
country Syria
discoveredAt Ugarit
surface form: Ras Shamra
era Late Bronze Age
extinctionPeriod around 12th century BCE
firstMajorDiscoveryYear 1928
hasVowelNotation no
importantFor biblical studies
comparative Semitic linguistics
history of Canaanite religion
study of Northwest Semitic languages
iso639-3Code uga
languageBranch Northwest Semitic
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
surface form: Afroasiatic

Semitic
notableText Ugaritic Baal Cycle
surface form: Aqhat epic

Ugaritic Baal Cycle
surface form: Baal Cycle

Keret epic
numberOfSignsInAlphabet 30
phonologicalType consonantal alphabet
placeOfOrigin Ugarit
primarySources administrative texts
cuneiform tablets
legal texts
letters
literary texts
mythological texts
ritual texts
region Levant region
surface form: Levant
scriptType alphabetic cuneiform
spokenIn Syrian coast
Ugarit
status extinct
subclassOf Afroasiatic language
Semitic language
timePeriod circa 14th century BCE to 12th century BCE
usedAlongside Akkadian
surface form: Akkadian language
usedFor diplomatic correspondence
religious literature
royal administration
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Ugaritic alphabet
surface form: Ugaritic cuneiform

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ugaritic alphabet usedFor Ugaritic language
Ugaritic alphabet primaryLanguageWritten Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Baal appearsInText Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic texts
Canaanite shift affectsLanguage Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Unicode 4.1 addsBlock Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Canaanite languages relatedTo Ugaritic language
Canaanite religion hasLanguageOfSources Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Mot languageOfName Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Virgin Anat hasLanguageContext Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Maiden Anat languageContext Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Ugaritic Baal Cycle culture Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Ugaritic Baal Cycle language Ugaritic language
El (in some traditions) languageOfSources Ugaritic language
subject surface form: El
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Athirat’s seventy sons culture Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Bull El language Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Semitic peoples historicallySpoke Ugaritic language
Syrian coast languageHistoricallySpoken Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic
Dagan languageAttestedIn Ugaritic language
this entity surface form: Ugaritic