Proto-Semitic language

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ancestor language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Semitic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Semitic languages, hypothesized by linguists through comparative methods to have been spoken in the ancient Near East.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Semitic 3
Proto-Semitic language canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancestor language ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ
attested no ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Semitic linguistics ⓘ
comparative linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Common Semitic ⓘ
Proto-Semitic language ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Semitic
hasCase accusative ⓘ
genitive ⓘ
nominative ⓘ
hasDescendant Akkadian ⓘ
surface form: Akkadian language

Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

Aramaic language ⓘ
Eblaite language ⓘ
Ge'ez ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopic (Geʽez) language

Hebrew language ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
Old South Arabian ⓘ
surface form: South Arabian languages

Ugaritic language ⓘ
hasFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
guttural consonants ⓘ
nonconcatenative morphology ⓘ
prefix-conjugated verb forms ⓘ
singular dual plural number system ⓘ
suffix-conjugated verb forms ⓘ
triconsonantal root system ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceOn religious terminology in Semitic languages ⓘ
hasPhonologicalSystem consonant-rich inventory ⓘ
short and long vowels ⓘ
hasWordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
likely VSO ⓘ
hypothesizedToHaveBeenSpokenIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamia region

Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form: ancient Near East
knownFrom comparative reconstruction ⓘ
partOf Afroasiatic language family ⓘ
reconstructedBy linguists ⓘ
reconstructedUsing comparative method ⓘ
status hypothetical ⓘ
not directly attested ⓘ
studiedIn Afroasiatic comparative studies ⓘ
subclassOf Semitic languages ⓘ
timePeriod early 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
writingSystem unwritten ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Geez → hasAncestor → Proto-Semitic language ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
Canaanite languages → developedFrom → Proto-Semitic language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic language → hasAlternativeName → Proto-Semitic language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Semitic
Harsusi → hasLinguisticAncestor → Proto-Semitic language ⓘ
Endegen language → hasAncestor → Proto-Semitic language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Semitic