Eblaite language
Eblaite (/ˈɛblə.aɪt, ˈiːblə-/, also known as Eblan ISO 639-3), or Palaeosyrian, is an extinct East Semitic language used during the 3rd millennium BC in Northern Syria. It was named after the ancient city of Ebla, in modern western Syria. Variants of the language were also spoken in Mari and Nagar. According to Cyrus H. Gordon, although scribes might have spoken it sometimes, Eblaite was probably not spoken much, being rather a written lingua franca with East and West Semitic features.
| Eblaite | |
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Eblaite inscriptions found in Ebla | |
| Region | Ebla |
| Era | 3rd millennium BC |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Cuneiform | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xeb |
xeb | |
| Glottolog | ebla1238 |
The language was discovered through cuneiform tablets found in Ebla.
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