Talk:Phoenician languages
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I can see there are some inscriptions which form the basis for the Punic language [1] (http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/vtw/jongeling/PUNINSCR.html), but what are the sources for the Phoenician mother language? Zestauferov 12:11, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Quite a lot of inscriptions in Phoenician exist, but not many of them are online; there's a couple at [2] (http://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/115/11/phoenician.html). If you mean what sources did I use, memory of a university course. - Mustafaa 18:18, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
No thats ok Mustafaa, Just I remember telling someone once that there were no written records in phoenician only inscriptions but I was shot down for it. I was still convinced that there were no written records so I was just wondering what inscriptions/sources the reconstructed phoenician language was based upon. Thankyou. Zestauferov 22:58, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Well, there are no records with vowels in them, apart from the occasional Greek and Roman transcriptions, so the vowels for Phoenician are mostly reconstructed. But the consonants are well-attested from a variety of tomb inscriptions, temple laws, ostraca, royal proclamations, etc. - Mustafaa 16:58, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
"University of Chicago (the only place to study advanced Phoenician). "
- I think we have quite an "advanced" Phoenician courses at TAU, and I expect in many other places too. Besides, the sentence hardly seems suitable for wikipedia. I suggest it be removed.
