Phoenician language
Spoken language
Phoenician is an extinct Canaanite Semitic language originally spoken in the region surrounding the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Extensive Tyro-Sidonian trade and commercial dominance led to Phoenician becoming a lingua franca of the maritime... Wikipedia
Language families: Semitic languages, Afroasiatic languages, Canaanite languages, and more
Writing system: Phoenician
Region: Asia and Middle East
Era: attested in Canaan proper from the 11th century BC to the 2nd century BC
Native to: Canaan, North Africa, Cyprus, Iberia, Sicily, Malta and Sardinia