Canaanite languages

E199579

branch of Northwest Semitic languages language group

Canaanite languages are an ancient branch of the Northwest Semitic language family once spoken in the Levant, including tongues such as Hebrew, Phoenician, and Moabite.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Canaanite languages canonical	9
Canaanite	2
Canaanite linguistic area	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ language group ⓘ
characteristic	Canaanite shift ⓘ
developedFrom	Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Proto-Northwest Semitic Proto-Semitic language ⓘ surface form: Proto-Semitic
hasPart	Ammonite language ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Biblical Hebrew Phoenician language ⓘ surface form: Byblian Phoenician Edomite language ⓘ Epigraphic Hebrew ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Hebrew language Moabite language ⓘ Phoenician language ⓘ Phoenician language ⓘ surface form: Punic language Samalian language ⓘ Edomite language ⓘ surface form: Transjordanian Canaanite languages
influenced	Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Classical Hebrew Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Jewish liturgical Hebrew Phoenician and Punic inscriptions ⓘ later Northwest Semitic dialects ⓘ
linguisticFeature	emphatic consonant series ⓘ loss of case endings in later stages ⓘ nonconcatenative morphology ⓘ three-consonant root morphology ⓘ use of definite article ha- in Hebrew ⓘ
partOf	Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Northwest Semitic language family
phonologicalFeature	shift of long *aː to ō ⓘ
preservedIn	biblical texts ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ ostraca ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ
regionOfUse	Ammon ⓘ Edom ⓘ Moab ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenicia Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel Judah ⓘ surface form: ancient Judah
relatedTo	Arabic ⓘ surface form: Arabic language Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Aramaic languages Ugaritic language ⓘ
spokenIn	Canaan ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Levant region ⓘ surface form: Southern Levant
status	extinct as spoken vernaculars ⓘ
subclassOf	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Northwest Semitic languages Semitic languages ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ
writingSystem	Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ surface form: Aramaic alphabet Phoenician alphabet ⓘ surface form: Canaanite alphabet Hebrew alphabet ⓘ surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script Phoenician alphabet ⓘ Ugaritic cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Phoenician language → developedFrom → Canaanite languages ⓘ

Phoenician language → branchOf → Canaanite languages ⓘ

Jebus → languageContext → Canaanite languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canaanite

Canaanites → language → Canaanite languages ⓘ

city of Gezer → languageOfAncientInscriptions → Canaanite languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Gezer

this entity surface form: Canaanite

Deir Alla dialect → subfamily → Canaanite languages ⓘ

Edomite language → languageGroup → Canaanite languages ⓘ

Proto-Canaanite language → subclassOf → Canaanite languages ⓘ

Moabite language → subgroup → Canaanite languages ⓘ

Ammonite language → subfamilyOf → Canaanite languages ⓘ

Ammonite language → partOf → Canaanite languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canaanite linguistic area

Amorite language → closelyRelatedTo → Canaanite languages ⓘ