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Samalian language information


Samalian
Native toSamʼal
Extinct1st millennium BC
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Semitic
    • West Semitic
      • Central Semitic
        • Northwest Semitic
          • Aramoid?
            • Samalian
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsama1317

Samalian was a Semitic language spoken and first attested in Samʼal.

Samalian is primarily known from three inscriptions, the Hadad Statue and the Panamuwa II inscription (KAI 214–215), both unearthed in the late 19th century, and a third known as the Kuttamuwa stele, unearthed in 2008.[1]

  1. ^ Pat-El & Wilson-Wright 2019, p. 372.

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