Canaanite languages

Canaanite
Geographic
distribution:		Levant, Carthage
Linguistic classification:Afro-Asiatic
Subdivisions:
Phoenician (extinct)
Hebrew:
Biblical Hebrew (Israelite)/
Moabite (extinct)/
Ammonite (extinct)/
Edomite (extinct)

The Canaanite languages are a branch of Northwest Semitic languages. The only main language still spoken from the branch is Hebrew. They are spoken in the Levant area of the Middle East.


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