Proto-Canaanite alphabet
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Proto-Canaanite is the name given to the Proto-Sinaitic script when found in Canaan
. the early Phoenician script before some cut-off date, typically 1050 BCE. The Phoenician, Hebrew
, and other Canaanite
dialects were largely indistinguishable before that time. a hypothetical ancestor of the Phoenician script, with an undefined affinity to Proto-Sinaitic.
In the case of (c), Proto-Canaanite is generally assumed to have been pictographic, but no such script is attested, and illustrations of it are modern inventions.
Canaan
Canaan is a historical region roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan...
. the early Phoenician script before some cut-off date, typically 1050 BCE. The Phoenician, Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
, and other Canaanite
Canaanite languages
The Canaanite languages are a subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites and Phoenicians...
dialects were largely indistinguishable before that time. a hypothetical ancestor of the Phoenician script, with an undefined affinity to Proto-Sinaitic.
In the case of (c), Proto-Canaanite is generally assumed to have been pictographic, but no such script is attested, and illustrations of it are modern inventions.