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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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- 12th century BC
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- Northwest
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- Amorite?
Article · 日本語
ウガリット語（ウガリットご）は、地中海東岸にあった古代の都市国家ウガリット（現在のシリア・アラブ共和国南西部の都市ラス・シャムラ）で使用されていた言語。現在は死語である。
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Amorite languageCuneiformExtinct languages of AsiaLanguage articles with Linglist codeLanguage articles with unreferenced extinction dateLanguages attested from the 2nd millennium BCLanguages extinct in the 12th century BCLanguages of SyriaLanguages with ISO 639-2 codeNorthwest Semitic languagesUgaritic language and literature