Phoenician
ancient Semitic language of the Mediterranean
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Summary
Phoenician is a language[1]. Phoenician ranks in the top 0.75% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,597 views/month, #42 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Phoenicia[3]
- Instance of: ancient language[4]
- Subclass of: Semitic[5], Canaanite[6]
- Writing system: Phoenician script[7]
- Commons category: Phoenician language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: phn[9]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 200[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Phoenician language[11]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14], New International Encyclopedia[15]
- Different from: Punic[16]
- Indigenous to: Near East[17], North Africa[18]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PHN[19]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[20], fusional language[21]
Why It Matters
Phoenician has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Phoenician is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]