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Canaanitic

DEFINITIONS OF: Canaanitic

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n a group of Semitic languages

Synonyms:
Canaanitic language
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Hebrew
the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel
Canaanite
the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest
Phoenician
the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world
Ugaritic
an extinct Semitic language of northern Syria
Modern Hebrew
Hebrew used in Israel today; revived from ancient Hebrew
Punic
the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage
Type of:
Semitic
a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
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