The English Language

Words Borrowed from Phoenician

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Phoenician is the extinct language of the ancient Mediterranian empire of Phoenicia. It is an Afrio-Asiatic language.

Word	Meaning	Notes
Bible	book	From "Biblos", the port that exported paper to Greece.
gypsum	plaster
purple		A dye made in Tyre, modern Lebanon.

An extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Carthage.

A short history of the world's most widespread language from its Anglo Saxon origins via Norman and Latin influences to Modern English.

This family contains languages of northern Africa and the Middle East. The dominant languages are Arabic and Hebrew.

The Phoenician writing system was one of the earliest alphabet.

First names from Phoenician.