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Punic language

The Punic language, also called Phoenicio-Punic or Carthaginian, is an extinct variety of the Phoenician language, a Canaanite language of the Northwest Semitic branch of the Semitic languages. An offshoot of the Phoenician language of coastal West Asia (modern Lebanon and north western Syria), it was principally spoken on the Mediterranean coast of…

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Early form
Phoenician
Era
8th century BC to 6th century AD
Glottolog
puni1241 neop1239 Neo-Punic
ISO 639-3
xpu
Language family
SemiticWest SemiticCentral SemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic · West SemiticCentral SemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic · Central SemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic · Northwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic · CanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic
Region
Tunisia, coastal parts of Algeria, Morocco, southern Iberia, Balearic islands, Libya, Malta, western Sicily, southern and eastern Sardinia

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Punic language

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples135
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
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related to Further reading · 76
Punic language → Amadasi Guzzo, American Oriental Society, An Introduction, Ancient Sicily, Archiv Orientální, Beck, Belgium, Brill, Cambridge University Press, Charles, Der Nahe, Descriptive Study, Dictionary, Erste Abteilung, Grammar, Handbook, Handbuch, Hoftijzer, In Tribulato, Inscriptions
related to Neo-Punic · 38
Punic language → According, AD, Algeria, Around, Augustine, BC, Berber, Bir, Canaanite, Carthage, Dreder LP2, Eusebius, He, Hippo, Iberian, KAI, Latin, Latino-Punic, Lepcis Magna, Lepcis Magna LP1
Language family · 10
Punic language → CanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic, Central SemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic, NorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic, Northwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic, PhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic, Punic, SemiticWest SemiticCentral SemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic, Tyro-SidonianWesternPunic, West SemiticCentral SemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic, WesternPunic
related to Grammar · 5
Punic language → Greek, Latin, Punic, The, XX
Early form · 1
Punic language → Phoenician
Era · 1
Punic language → 8th century BC to 6th century AD
Glottolog · 1
Punic language → puni1241 neop1239 Neo-Punic
ISO 639-3 · 1
Punic language → xpu
Region · 1
Punic language → Tunisia, coastal parts of Algeria, Morocco, southern Iberia, Balearic islands, Libya, Malta, western Sicily, southern and eastern Sardinia
Writing system · 1
Punic language → Phoenician alphabet

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punic neo-punic phoenician language inscriptions latin form example vowels pronoun lines also semitic bc hebrew used written late grammar text

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Punic languageEarly formPhoenician1.00infobox
Punic languageEra8th century BC to 6th century AD1.00infobox
Punic languageGlottologpuni1241 neop1239 Neo-Punic1.00infobox
Punic languageISO 639-3xpu1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familySemiticWest SemiticCentral SemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familyWest SemiticCentral SemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familyCentral SemiticNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familyNorthwest SemiticCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familyCanaaniteNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familyNorthPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familyPhoenicianTyro-SidonianWesternPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familyTyro-SidonianWesternPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familyWesternPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageLanguage familyPunic1.00infobox
Punic languageRegionTunisia, coastal parts of Algeria, Morocco, southern Iberia, Balearic islands, Libya, Malta, western Sicily, southern and eastern Sardinia1.00infobox
Punic languageWriting systemPhoenician alphabet1.00infobox

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