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Canaanite languages

The Canaanite languages, sometimes referred to as Canaanite dialects, are one of four subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages. The others are Aramaic and the now-extinct Ugaritic and Amorite language. These closely related languages originated in the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia.

Extends: [Canaanite languages](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Canaanite languages), [Languages extinct in the 1st millennium](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Languages extinct in the 1st millennium), [1st-millennium disestablishments in Asia](https://wikipedia.org.ai/1st-millennium disestablishments in Asia)

Properties

Property Expected Type Description
Name Text Canaanite
Region Text Levant, Ancient Carthage
Familycolor Text Afro-Asiatic
Fam1 Text Afroasiatic
Fam2 Text Semitic
Fam3 Text West Semitic
Fam4 Text Central Semitic
Fam5 Text Northwest Semitic
Child1 Text Canaano-Akkadian
Child2 Text Amorite
Child3 Text North, Philistine, Phoenician, Punic
Child4 Text South, Hebrew, Ammonite, Moabite, Edomite
Glotto Text cana1267
Glottorefname Text Canaanite