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Canaanite

• Canaanite can describe anything pertaining to Canaan and in particular its language.

The Canaanite languages are generally those thought to constitute the North Central branch of Semitic. It includes:

• Hebrew language -- (biblical hebrew)
• Moabite language -- extinct
• Edomite language -- extinct
• Ammonite language -- extinct
• Ugaritic language -- extinct
• Phoenician languages (including the later Punic) -- extinct

The study of canaanite languages is based mostly on the hebrew bible (Tanakh), and the findings of the following inscriptions:

• in Moabite: Mesha Stele, El-Kerak Stela
• Other: Gezer Calendar

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