Moabite language
E196860
The Moabite language was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Moabites in the region of modern-day Jordan, known primarily from a few inscriptions such as the Mesha Stele.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moabite language canonical | 10 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canaanite language
ⓘ
Northwest Semitic language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Khirbet Ataruz inscriptions
ⓘ
Mesha Stele ⓘ
surface form:
Mesha Inscription
Mesha Stele ⓘ short seal inscriptions ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ammonite language
ⓘ
Edomite language ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew language
Phoenician language ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Iron Age Levant ⓘ |
| era | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| extinction | by early 1st millennium CE ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | Kingdom of Moab ⓘ |
| glottocode | moab1239 ⓘ |
| hasConsonantInventoryType | typical Northwest Semitic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Canaanite vowel shift
ⓘ
feminine singular ending -at ⓘ masculine plural ending -im ⓘ use of definite article -h ⓘ use of preformative y- in imperfect verbs ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | obm ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| linguisticStatus |
poorly attested
ⓘ
reconstructed from inscriptions ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Ammonite language
ⓘ
Edomite language ⓘ Hebrew language ⓘ |
| primaryCorpusSize | very small ⓘ |
| primarySourceType |
epigraphic material
ⓘ
royal inscription ⓘ |
| region |
Moab
ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ modern-day Jordan ⓘ |
| religionContext | West Semitic religion ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| sharesLexiconWith |
Hebrew
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical Hebrew
|
| sharesMorphologyWith | other Canaanite languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Moabites ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Northwest Semitic
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Semitic languages
|
| subgroup | Canaanite languages ⓘ |
| timeOfMeshaStele | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Mesha
ⓘ
surface form:
King Mesha of Moab
|
| usedFor |
public inscriptions
ⓘ
royal propaganda ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Paleo-Hebrew script
ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.