Ammonite

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Ammonite is an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Ammonite people in the region of modern-day Jordan.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ammonites 12
Ammonite canonical 7
Ammonitess 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canaanite language
Northwest Semitic language
extinct language
attestedIn inscriptions
ostraca
seals
closeTo Hebrew
surface form: Biblical Hebrew

Moabite
Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenician
extinctionReason language shift to Arabic
language shift to Aramaic
glottocode ammo1241
hasFeature Canaanite vowel shift a > o
use of definite article ha- similar to Hebrew
ISO639-3Code qam
languageCodeStandard ISO 639
surface form: ISO 639-3
languageFamily Canaanite
Northwest Semitic
partOf Afroasiatic languages
Semitic languages
reconstructedFrom comparative Semitic linguistics
epigraphic evidence
scriptDirection right-to-left
spokenBy Ammonite self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ammonites
spokenInRegion ancient Ammon
modern-day Jordan
status extinct
usedByPolity Kingdom of Ammon
usedInPeriod Iron Age
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet
surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script

Phoenician alphabet
surface form: Phoenician script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Judges featuresEnemyGroup Ammonite
subject surface form: Book of Judges
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Moabite closelyRelatedTo Ammonite
Northwest Semitic hasMember Ammonite
Edomite closelyRelatedTo Ammonite
Edomite neighboringLanguage Ammonite
Ammonite spokenBy Ammonite self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Transjordanian territories of Israel preIsraeliteInhabitants Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites
land of Moab relatedEthnicallyTo Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Moabites relatedEthnicallyTo Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Moabites alliedWith Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Uriah the Hittite killedBy Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Edom relatedPeople Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Naamah ethnicity Ammonite
Naamah describedAs Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonitess
Naamah the Ammonite ethnicGroup Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Kingdom of Ammon ethnicGroup Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Ammon ethnonym Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites
Ammonite language spokenBy Ammonite
this entity surface form: Ammonites