Canaanite languages
large language family from the Levant and Mesopotamia
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.
Canaanite | |
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Geographic distribution: | Levant, Carthage |
Linguistic classification: | Afro-Asiatic |
Subdivisions: |
Phoenician (extinct)
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