Phoenician language

E38723
Northwest Semitic language ancient language

The Phoenician language was an ancient Northwest Semitic tongue, written in a consonantal alphabet that became the ancestor of many later writing systems, including Greek and Latin scripts.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Phoenician language canonical 26
Phoenician 13
Punic language 12

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Semitic language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
ancestorOf Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic alphabet

Greek alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Paleo-Hebrew script

Phoenician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicio-Punic language

Punic language ⓘ
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
associatedWith Carthage ⓘ
Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
attestedFrom c. 11th century BCE ⓘ
attestedUntil early 1st century CE ⓘ
branchOf Canaanite languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ammonite language ⓘ
Edomite language ⓘ
Hebrew language ⓘ
Moabite language ⓘ
developedFrom Canaanite languages ⓘ
Proto-Canaanite language ⓘ
era 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
extinct true ⓘ
iso639-2 phn ⓘ
iso639-3 phn ⓘ
languageFamily Semitic languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology fusional language ⓘ
morphology root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
phonology emphatic consonants ⓘ
primaryUsers Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicians
region Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia
scriptType abjad ⓘ
consonantal alphabet ⓘ
standardizedVowelNotation absent ⓘ
subfamily Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
usedFor diplomacy ⓘ
religious inscriptions ⓘ
trade ⓘ
vowelIndication matres lectionis ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingMaterial metal inscriptions ⓘ
ostraca ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystem Phoenician alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

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

Phoenician civilization → hasLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
Semitic languages → hasLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → nativeLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
this entity surface form: Punic language
Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → languageSpoken → Phoenician language ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
this entity surface form: Punic language
Aramaic → closelyRelatedTo → Phoenician language ⓘ
Carthage → languageUsed → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Moabite → sharesIsoglossWith → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician-Punic
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician-Punic
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblian Phoenician
Punic script → usedForLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic language
Byblos → historicalLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Tyre → historicalLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Sidon → languageHistoricallySpoken → Phoenician language ⓘ
Phoenician language → ancestorOf → Phoenician language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenicio-Punic language
Phoenician religion → usesLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
Motya → languageInAntiquity → Phoenician language ⓘ
Numidia → language → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic language
Hasdrubal Barca → language → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic language
Canaanites → language → Phoenician language ⓘ
Elissa → languageContext → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Carthaginian Empire → officialLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic language
Pyrgi → hasLanguageEvidence → Phoenician language ⓘ
Thefarie Velianas → hasLanguageOfInscription → Phoenician language ⓘ
Deir Alla dialect → relatedTo → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Canaanite shift → affectsLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Gbl → hasLanguageHistoricallySpoken → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Ugaritic language → closelyRelatedTo → Phoenician language ⓘ
Malaka → hasLanguageOrigin → Phoenician language ⓘ
Punic (Carthaginian) people → language → Phoenician language ⓘ
subject surface form: Punic people
this entity surface form: Punic language
Canaanite languages → hasPart → Phoenician language ⓘ
Canaanite languages → hasPart → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic language
Canaanite languages → hasPart → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byblian Phoenician
Edomite language → closelyRelatedTo → Phoenician language ⓘ
Canaanite religion → hasLanguageOfSources → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Proto-Canaanite language → ancestorOf → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic language
Proto-Canaanite language → followedBy → Phoenician language ⓘ
Moabite language → closelyRelatedTo → Phoenician language ⓘ
Ammonite language → closelyRelatedTo → Phoenician language ⓘ
Arados → language → Phoenician language ⓘ
Aradus → language → Phoenician language ⓘ
Arvad → hasLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
Citium → hasLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Punic Sicily → language → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic language
Punic Sicily → language → Phoenician language ⓘ
Zarephath (biblical town) → hasLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
subject surface form: Zarephath
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Phoenician Pe → usedForLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
Abjad → typicalLanguages → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician
Phoenician shophet → derivesFromLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
Carthaginian popular assembly → usedLanguage → Phoenician language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic language
Phoenician necropolis of Puente de Noy → hasLanguageOfCulture → Phoenician language ⓘ