Punic language

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• Punic language — Infobox Language name=Punic region=Formerly spoken in North Africa extinct= familycolor=Afro Asiatic fam2=Semitic fam3=West Semitic fam4=Central Semitic fam5=Northwest Semitic fam6=Canaanite iso2=sem iso3=xpuThe Punic language is an extinct… …   Wikipedia

• the Punic language — the language spoken by the residents of ancient Carthage …   English contemporary dictionary

• Punic — The Punics, (from Latin pūnicus meaning Phoenician) were a group of Western Semitic speaking peoples originating from Carthage in North Africa who traced their origins to a group of Phoenician and Cypriot settlers, but also to North African… …   Wikipedia

• Punic military forces — The military forces of the Punic people are all military forces from the State of Carthage in North Africa and troops of Punic ethnicity after the destruction of Carthage in the Third Punic War. The polis Carthage had subdued a large region in… …   Wikipedia

• Punic — [pyo͞o′nik] adj. [L Punicus, earlier Poenicus, Carthaginian, properly Phoenician < Poeni, the Carthaginians < Gr Phoinix, Phoenician] 1. of ancient Carthage or its people or culture 2. like or characteristic of the Carthaginians, regarded… …   English World dictionary

• punic — adj. & n. adj. of or relating to ancient Carthage in N. Africa. n. the language of Carthage, related to Phoenician. Phrases and idioms: Punic faith treachery. Etymology: L Punicus, Poenicus f. Poenus f. Gk Phoinix Phoenician …   Useful english dictionary

• Punic — adj. & n. adj. of or relating to ancient Carthage in N. Africa. n. the language of Carthage, related to Phoenician. Phrases and idioms: Punic faith treachery. Etymology: L Punicus, Poenicus f. Poenus f. Gk Phoinix Phoenician …   Useful english dictionary

• Punic — 1. adjective a) Of or relating to ancient Carthage, its inhabitants, or their language. b) Perfidious, treacherous, faithless. Syn: Carthaginian 2. noun …   Wiktionary

• language — Synonyms and related words: Abnaki, Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Afro Asiatic, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Anatolic, Andaman, Annamese, Anzanite, Apache, Arabic, Aramaic, Araucanian, Arawak,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Punic — /pyooh nik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians. 2. treacherous; perfidious: originally applied by the Romans to the Carthaginians. n. 3. the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician. [ < L Punicus, earlier… …   Universalium

• Punic — ISO 639 3 Code : xpu ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Ancient …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3