Edomite

E27503

Northwest Semitic language extinct language

Edomite was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Edomites in the region south of the Kingdom of Judah.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Edomites	4
Edomite language	1
Idumeans	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Northwest Semitic language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ
associatedDeity	Qos ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Edomite religion ⓘ
attested	6th century BCE ⓘ 8th century BCE ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Ammonite ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Moabites ⓘ surface form: Moabite
culturalContext	Iron Age Levant ⓘ
era	1st millennium BCE ⓘ
extinctionPeriod	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian period
geographicContext	Negev desert ⓘ surface form: Negev region Jordan ⓘ surface form: Transjordan
hasEvidenceType	inscriptions ⓘ ostraca ⓘ seal impressions ⓘ
hasGlottocode	edom1242 ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	Canaanite shift ⓘ use of definite article similar to Hebrew ⓘ
influencedBy	Aramaic ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	xdm ⓘ
languageBranch	Semitic ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afroasiatic
languageGroup	Northwest Semitic ⓘ
languageSubgroup	Canaanite ⓘ
neighboringLanguage	Ammonite ⓘ Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Biblical Hebrew Moabite ⓘ
region	Edom ⓘ area south of the Kingdom of Judah ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: southern Levant
replacedBy	Aramaic ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
sharesFeaturesWith	Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenician
spokenBy	Edomite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Edomites
status	extinct ⓘ
subclassOf	Afroasiatic language ⓘ Canaanite language ⓘ Semitic language ⓘ
usedIn	administrative documents ⓘ personal names ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystem	Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ surface form: Aramaic alphabet Phoenician alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Moabite → closelyRelatedTo → Edomite ⓘ

Esau → ethnicAncestorOf → Edomite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edomites

Idumea → ethnicGroupAssociatedWith → Edomite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Idumeans

Idumea → ethnicGroupAssociatedWith → Edomite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edomites

Northwest Semitic → hasDescendant → Edomite ⓘ

Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Edomite ⓘ

Central Semitic languages → includesLanguage → Edomite ⓘ

Idumea → inhabitedBy → Edomite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edomites

Idumea → languageSpoken → Edomite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edomite language

Idumaean → relatedEthnonym → Edomite ⓘ

Edomite → spokenBy → Edomite self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edomites