Punic
Punic was an Afro-Asiatic language once spoken in Tunisia.
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The Punic language, also called Phoenicio-Punic or Carthaginian, is an extinct variety of the Phoenician language, a Canaanite language of the Northwest Semitic branch of the Semitic languages. An offshoot of the Phoenician language of coastal West Asia (modern Lebanon and north western Syria), it was principally spoken on the Mediterranean coast of Northwest Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and several Mediterranean islands, such as Malta, Sicily, and Sardinia by the Punic people, or western Phoenicians, throughout classical antiquity, from the 8th century BC to the 6th century AD.
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Words in Punic
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| blood | 𐤃𐤌 | dm |
| one | 𐤀𐤇𐤃 | ʾḥd |
| what | 𐤌 | |
| come | 𐤁𐤀 | bʾ |
| house | 𐤁𐤕 | bt |
Most similar languages
Grammar
- PunicAfro-Asiatic100% alike
- Baharna ArabicAfro-Asiatic86% alike
- UgariticAfro-Asiatic85% alike
- Western Neo-AramaicAfro-Asiatic84% alike
- MlahsôAfro-Asiatic84% alike
- Gulf ArabicAfro-Asiatic84% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · puni1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · xpu