Samalian language
E734423
The Samalian language is an extinct Northwest Semitic tongue once spoken in the ancient city-state of Samʾal in southeastern Turkey, known primarily from first-millennium BCE inscriptions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samalian language canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northwest Semitic language
ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
monumental inscriptions
ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| closeTo |
Aramaic language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canaanite languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Luwian-Aramaean milieu ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| era | Iron Age ⓘ |
| evidenceType | epigraphic evidence ⓘ |
| extinctionReason | language shift to Aramaic ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Syro-Anatolian city-states ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Samalian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samʾalian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Semitic root-and-pattern morphology
ⓘ
affinities with Aramaic ⓘ affinities with Canaanite ⓘ use of consonantal roots ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | none ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Northwest Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Samʾal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySourceLanguageOf | Samʾal inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Turkey ⓘ |
| scriptType | consonantal alphabet ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Samʾal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Turkey ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ |
| timePeriod | first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| usedBy | inhabitants of Samʾal ⓘ |
| usedIn | inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | alphabetic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.