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Ancient Cubrite developed in isolation from Hebrew and was influenced by Celtic languages such as Gaulish and Galatian. It is a separate lineage from the dialect of Canaanite that eventually gave rise to Tiberian Hebrew and the modern Jewish Hebrew reading traditions in Lõis. | Ancient Cubrite developed in isolation from Hebrew and was influenced by Celtic languages such as Gaulish and Galatian. It is a separate lineage from the dialect of Canaanite that eventually gave rise to Tiberian Hebrew and the modern Jewish Hebrew reading traditions in Lõis. | ||
Ancient Cubrite speakers were mostly Celts who adopted a Canaanite language. As such their religion differed markedly from ancient Hebrew polytheism (and seems to have adopted Semitic religious terms for concepts that were very different). | |||
Surviving literature in Ancient Cubrite are all attested as transcriptions into Greek or Latin. It includes bardic poetry and some incantations. | Surviving literature in Ancient Cubrite are all attested as transcriptions into Greek or Latin. It includes bardic poetry and some incantations. | ||