Search results for "Semitic language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and in Eblaite—a previously unknown Semitic language. ... others are in a previously unknown Semitic language now known as Eblaite ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 17:22, 11 October 2020
- may have evolved into Linear B, a written language that replaced Linear A around ... of ancient Greek. Linear A represents the language of the Minoan people before ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- In most Semitic languages, the word Abba (also rendered Ab or Aba ... For over a half-millennium, the colloquial language for Palestinian ...7 KB (1,044 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- most particularly through the accounts of Semitic speaking people of Akkadian ... to be the homeland of the Proto-Semitic language family. This language ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 21:35, 29 December 2023
- The Akkadian Empire usually refers to the Semitic speaking state that ... practices of the region. The Akkadian language became the lingua franca ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- interest in the inter-connections among language, thinking, and culture. ... so Edward learned both German and the language of his parents. When he ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 23:51, 12 February 2024
- American linguist. Originally a student of Semitic languages, he is best known ... in the country. He started his career in Semitic languages, and spent some ...15 KB (2,104 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- of the practices of Egyptian religion and language. Budge's works were ... in learning the ancient Assyrian language in 1872, when he also began ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- It is in principle the representation of language, rather than images of thought ... beyond those carried out by spoken language. First invented by the early ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- modifications to Sumerian orthography. The Semitic equivalents for many signs ... of c. 1800 B.C.E. to the Hittite language. When the cuneiform script ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- Amar, Hebrew ’emōrî) refers to a Semitic people who first occupied ... The Amorite language was a semitic dialect. The main sources for our ...16 KB (2,552 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- adopted local Canaanite culture and language before leaving any written ... debated. Many consider him to have been a Semitic fertility deity similar ...22 KB (3,372 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- the study of the ancient Hebrew language in which the Tanakh is written ... to develop the study of the Hebrew language. He also launched a vigorous ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 07:10, 5 October 2022
- Anat, also ‘Anat, was a major northwest Semitic goddess who was ... Hyksos period) along with other northwest Semitic deities. She was especially ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- of the majority of Ethiopians using its language (Ge'ez) and perpetuating ... Furthermore, Ge'ez, the ancient Semitic language of Eritrea and Ethiopia ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Yam or Yamm, from the ancient Semitic word meaning "sea," ... In West Semitic mythology, Yam was given kingship over the other gods ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- Albright obtained his doctorate in Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins ... for the understanding of ancient West Semitic culture in general, including ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- of writing the widely used diplomatic language of Akkadian in cuneiform—as ... B.C.E. Ugaritic is a Northwest Semitic language, related to Hebrew and ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- Ēl (Hebrew: אל) is a northwest Semitic word meaning "god" ... pronounced according to the tradition of Semitic languages. El should be ...20 KB (3,357 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- (basic significant sounds) of the spoken language. This is in contrast to ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
