Eblaite

Eblaite
An extinct Semitic language spoken in the 3rd millennium BCE in the ancient city of Ebla, in modern Syria. It was written in cuneiform script and is considered to be the oldest written Semitic language.

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  • Éblaïte — L éblaïte est une langue sémitique parlée entre le XXIVe et le XXIIIe siècle av. J. C. dans la ville d Ebla, en Syrie centrale. Elle nous est connue par la documentation en écriture cunéiforme retrouvée dans cette ville. C est donc avec l… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Eblaite language —       archaic Semitic language, probably the most ancient to survive in substantial form, dating from the third quarter of the 3rd millennium BC. As a Northern Central Semitic language, Eblaite (Ebla) is affiliated with the Afro Asiatic (formerly …   Universalium

  • Eblaite language — Infobox Language name=Eblaite region=Ebla extinct=before the 2nd millennium BC familycolor=Afro Asiatic fam2=Semitic fam3=East Semitic iso2=sem|iso3=xebEblaite (also known as Eblan [ISO 639 3] ) is an extinct, perhaps East Semitic language, which …   Wikipedia

  • Eblaite — /eb leuh uyt , ee bleuh /, n. 1. the Semitic language of the people of Ebla, believed to be closely related to Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Hebrew, but written in cuneiform characters borrowed from Sumerian: decoded from the Ebla Tablets. Cf. Ebla.… …   Universalium

  • Eblaite — /ˈɛblaɪt/ (say ebluyt) noun an ancient Semitic language discovered in 1976 …  

  • Eblaite — /eb leuh uyt , ee bleuh /, n. 1. the Semitic language of the people of Ebla, believed to be closely related to Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Hebrew, but written in cuneiform characters borrowed from Sumerian: decoded from the Ebla Tablets. Cf. Ebla.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • EBLA — EBLA, archaeological site in northern Syria, present day Tell Mardikh, located 35 mi. (60 km.) south of Aleppo and excavated by an Italian team of archaeologists starting in 1964. In the 1970s thousands of cuneiform texts dated to the second half …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Ebla — Tell Mardikh Ruines du site de Tell Mardikh/Ebla Localisation Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ebla — (Arabic: عبيل، إيبلا, modern Tell Mardikh, Syria) was an ancient city about 55 km southwest of Aleppo. It was an important city state in two periods, first in the late third millennium BC, then again between 1800 and 1650 BC. The site is most… …   Wikipedia

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