Proto-Canaanite language

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Northwest Semitic language ancient language

Proto-Canaanite language is an early Northwest Semitic language that served as the ancestor of Phoenician and other Canaanite languages and is closely associated with the development of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Canaanite language canonical 2
Proto-Canaanite 1
Proto-Canaanite Phoenician 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Semitic language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
ancestorOf Ammonite language ⓘ
Edomite language ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew language

Moabite language ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
surface form: Punic language
associatedWith Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Canaanite alphabet

early Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
developedFrom Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Sinaitic script
followedBy Old Hebrew language ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
follows Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Northwest Semitic language
hasAlternativeName Early Canaanite language ⓘ
Proto-Canaanite language ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Canaanite

Proto-Canaanite language ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Canaanite Phoenician
hasFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
nonconcatenative morphology ⓘ
triconsonantal root morphology ⓘ
influenced Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic alphabet

Greek alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script

Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
ISO639-3 xpc ⓘ
knownFrom epigraphic evidence ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
Northwest Semitic ⓘ
Semitic ⓘ
partOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages

Semitic languages ⓘ
reconstructedBy comparative method ⓘ
status extinct language ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ
subclassOf Canaanite languages ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
early Iron Age ⓘ
late 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
usedIn Canaan ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Southern Levant
writingSystem Proto-Canaanite script ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Canaanite alphabet

consonantal alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Phoenician language → developedFrom → Proto-Canaanite language ⓘ
Edomite language → hasAncestor → Proto-Canaanite language ⓘ
Proto-Canaanite language → hasAlternativeName → Proto-Canaanite language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Canaanite
Proto-Canaanite language → hasAlternativeName → Proto-Canaanite language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Canaanite Phoenician