Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Ugaritic

1,400 BCE – 1,190 BCE Extinct

Ugaritic (1,400 BCE – 1,190 BCE) is an extinct Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Semitic → Proto-West Semitic → Proto-Central Semitic → Proto-Northwest Semitic → Ugaritic.

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ISO 639-3
uga
Glottocode
ugar1238

Language of the city-state of Ugarit (Syria), written in a cuneiform alphabet. Known from texts of c. 1400–1190 BCE; died out with the destruction of Ugarit.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Semiticc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  3. Proto-West Semiticc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  4. Proto-Central Semiticc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  5. Proto-Northwest Semiticc. 2,000 BCE – 1,200 BCE
  6. Ugaritic1,400 BCE – 1,190 BCE

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Northwest Semitic.

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