Punic
extinct dialect of the Phoenician language spoken in North Africa and the Western Mediterranean
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Summary
Punic is a dialect[1]. Punic ranks in the top 0.7% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,066 views/month, #6 of 862).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Ancient Carthage[3], Ancient Rome[4]
- Instance of: ancient language[5]
- Subclass of: Phoenician[6]
- Writing system: Phoenician script[7]
- Wikimedia language code: xpu[8]
- Inception: 800 BC[9]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 600[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Punic language[11]
- Native label: 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤌[12]
- UNESCO language status: 6 extinct[13]
- Time period: Roman Empire[14]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/XPU[15]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[16]
- Dialect of: Phoenician[17]
Why It Matters
Punic has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Punic is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]