Ugaritic language

E173716

The Ugaritic language is an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken in the ancient city of Ugarit on the Syrian coast, known primarily from cuneiform texts dating to the Late Bronze Age.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ugaritic 19
Ugaritic language canonical 5
Ugaritic texts 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Semitic language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Ras Shamra ⓘ
linked to: Ugarit
closelyRelatedTo Amorite language ⓘ
Aramaic language ⓘ
Hebrew language ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew

Phoenician language ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
discoveredAt Ras Shamra ⓘ
linked to: Ugarit
era Late Bronze Age ⓘ
extinctionPeriod around 12th century BCE ⓘ
firstMajorDiscoveryYear 1928 ⓘ
hasVowelNotation no ⓘ
importantFor biblical studies ⓘ
comparative Semitic linguistics ⓘ
history of Canaanite religion ⓘ
study of Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ
iso639-3Code uga ⓘ
languageBranch Northwest Semitic ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
Semitic ⓘ
notableText Aqhat epic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic Baal Cycle

Baal Cycle ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic Baal Cycle

Keret epic ⓘ
numberOfSignsInAlphabet 30 ⓘ
phonologicalType consonantal alphabet ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Ugarit ⓘ
primarySources administrative texts ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
letters ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
mythological texts ⓘ
ritual texts ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
scriptType alphabetic cuneiform ⓘ
spokenIn Syrian coast ⓘ
Ugarit ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ
timePeriod circa 14th century BCE to 12th century BCE ⓘ
usedAlongside Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
usedFor diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
royal administration ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Ugaritic cuneiform ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ugaritic alphabet → usedFor → Ugaritic language ⓘ
Ugaritic alphabet → primaryLanguageWritten → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Baal → appearsInText → Ugaritic texts ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Canaanite shift → affectsLanguage → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Unicode 4.1 → addsBlock → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Canaanite languages → relatedTo → Ugaritic language ⓘ
Canaanite religion → hasLanguageOfSources → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Mot → languageOfName → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Virgin Anat → hasLanguageContext → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Maiden Anat → languageContext → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Ugaritic Baal Cycle → culture → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Ugaritic Baal Cycle → language → Ugaritic language ⓘ
El → languageOfSources → Ugaritic ⓘ
subject linked to: El (in some traditions)
linked to: Ugaritic language
Athirat’s seventy sons → culture → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Bull El → language → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Semitic peoples → historicallySpoke → Ugaritic language ⓘ
Syrian coast → languageHistoricallySpoken → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Dagan → languageAttestedIn → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Northwest Semitic inscriptions → writtenInLanguage → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Keret epic → language → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Kothar-wa-Khasis → languageOfName → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Shapshu → languageOfSources → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Ugaritic texts → writtenInLanguage → Ugaritic language ⓘ
Judge Nahar → attestedInLanguage → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language
Lotan → languageOfName → Ugaritic ⓘ
linked to: Ugaritic language