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زبان اوگاریتی
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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.
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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Key facts
- Language.iso2
- uga
- Language.iso3
- uga
- Language.linglist
- uga
- Language.script
- Ugaritic alphabet
- Language.name
- Ugaritic
- Language.states
- Ugarit
- Language.extinct
- 12th century BC
- Language.familycolor
- Afro-Asiatic
- Language.fam2
- Semitic
- Language.fam3
- West
- Language.fam4
- Central
- Language.fam5
- Northwest
- Language.fam6
- Amorite?
- Language.glotto
- ugar1238
- Language.glottorefname
- Ugaritic
- Language.notice
- IPA
- Language.imagecaption
- Clay tablet of Ugaritic alphabet
- Language.image
- 22 alphabet.jpg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ancient language
- Subclass of
- Canaanite
- Country
- Ugarit
- Image
- 22 alphabet.jpg
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- writing system
- Ugaritic alphabet
- Commons category
- Ugaritic language
- topic's main category
- Category:Ugaritic language
- P10369
- Iceland
- P8168
- Andreas Schlüter
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