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==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
Canaanite has the following vocabulary layers: | |||
* Inherited vocab from Biblical Hebrew | |||
* Celtic substrate | |||
* Ancient Greek, Old Togarmite and Aramaic loans | |||
* Modern loans from other Levantine sprachbund languages and Modern Greek | |||
Many words are formed form earlier construct state combinations, and are sometimes unrecognizable: | Many words are formed form earlier construct state combinations, and are sometimes unrecognizable: | ||
*''anvinin, anevinin'' 'brick' from אבני בניין ''*ʔaḃ(a)nē ḃinyān'' 'building stones' | *''anvinin, anevinin'' 'brick' from אבני בניין ''*ʔaḃ(a)nē ḃinyān'' 'building stones' | ||