Ammonite language

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The Ammonite language was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Ammonite kingdom in the region of modern-day Jordan.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ammonite language canonical 8

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Semitic language
extinct language
attestedBy inscriptions
ostraca
seals
closelyRelatedTo Edomite language
Hebrew
surface form: Hebrew language

Moabite language
Phoenician language
era 1st millennium BCE
extinctionPeriod by early 1st millennium CE (approximate)
glottocode ammo1241
hasFeature Canaanite vowel shift /aː/ to /oː/
retention of feminine plural ending -at
use of definite article -ha- similar to Hebrew
ISO639-3 qgg
languageFamily Northwest Semitic
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
linguisticTypology VSO word order (tendency)
fusional language
partOf Canaanite languages
surface form: Canaanite linguistic area
reconstructedFrom epigraphic evidence
region Transjordan
scriptType abjad
spokenBy Ammonite
surface form: Ammonites
spokenIn Kingdom of Ammon
region of modern-day Jordan
status extinct
subfamilyOf Canaanite languages
usedFor administrative records
personal names on seals
royal inscriptions
writingSystem Phoenician alphabet

Referenced by (8)

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

Phoenician language closelyRelatedTo Ammonite language
Kingdom of Ammon language Ammonite language
Edomite language closelyRelatedTo Ammonite language
Edomite language sharesLexiconWith Ammonite language
Ammon language Ammonite language
Proto-Canaanite language ancestorOf Ammonite language
Moabite language closelyRelatedTo Ammonite language
Moabite language neighboringLanguages Ammonite language