Ugaritic language

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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 13
Ugaritic language canonical 4
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 (18)

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