Category
page 1Northwest Semitic languages
Aramaic
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Ugaritic
Ugaritic ( ) is an extinct Northwest Semitic language known through the Ugaritic texts discovered by French archaeologists in 1928 at Ugarit, including several major literary texts, notably the Baal cycle. The script is described as “a special alphabetic Cuneiform,” reflecting an idiom related to Canaanite and Hebrew languages.
Amorite
extinct Northwest Semitic language, spoken by the Amorite tribes
Northwest Semitic
division of the Semitic languages of the Levant
Deir Alla Inscription
ancient inscription relating visions of the seer of the gods Bala'am, son of Be'or
Samalian
extinct Northwest Semitic dialect
Taymanitic
Taymanitic was the language and script of the oasis of Taymāʾ in northwestern Arabia, dated to the second half of the 6th century BC.