Ugaritic
Sign in to saveUgaritic ( ) 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.
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Ugaritic is an ancient Northwest Semitic language that was spoken in the city of Ugarit and is now known only through texts discovered by French archaeologists in 1928, which include important literary works like the Baal cycle. The language is significant because it was written in a unique alphabetic cuneiform script and is related to Canaanite and Hebrew, making it valuable for understanding the history of ancient languages and cultures.
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38 sectionsContents
- Corpus
- Phonology
- Writing system
- Grammar
- Morphology
- Verbs
- Introduction
- Suffix conjugation
- Prefix conjugation
- Imperative
- Participles
- Infinitives
- Patterns (stems)
- Weak Verbs
- Nouns and adjectives
- Paradigm
- Case
- State
- Gender
- Number
- Singular
- Dual
- Plural
- Adjectives
- Pronouns
- Independent personal pronouns
- Suffixed (or enclitic) personal pronouns
- Other pronouns
- Numerals
- Ordinals
- Particles
- Poetic techniques
- Sample Texts
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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.
Like Hebrew the short script of Ugarit has twenty-two characters: nearly identical to Hebrew in terms of their phonetic values (what they sound like) if not in terms of the visual elements or media of their inscription. Early samples of Hebrew are scratched on stone or potsherds whereas Ugaritic is punched on clay, like cuneiform.
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