Canaanite languages

Canaanite
Geographic
distribution		Levant, Carthage
Linguistic classificationAfroasiatic
Subdivisions
  • Phoenician (extinct)
  • Hebrew:
    Biblical Hebrew (Israelite)/
    Moabite (extinct)/
    Ammonite (extinct)/
    Edomite (extinct)
Language codes
Glottologcana1267

The Canaanite languages are a branch of Northwest Semitic languages. The only main language still spoken from the branch is Hebrew. They are spoken in the Levant area of the Middle East.


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