Punic

extinct dialect of the Phoenician language spoken in North Africa and the Western Mediterranean
Language dialect Q535958
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Punic

Summary

Punic is a dialect[1]. Punic ranks in the top 0.7% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,788 views/month, #6 of 862).[2]

Key Facts

  • Punic is in the country of Ancient Carthage[3].
  • Punic is in the country of Ancient Rome[4].
  • Punic's instance of is recorded as dialect[5].
  • Punic's instance of is recorded as ancient language[6].
  • Punic is a type of Phoenician[7].
  • Punic's writing system is recorded as Phoenician script[8].
  • Punic's Wikimedia language code is recorded as xpu[9].
  • 800 BC marks the founding of Punic[10].
  • Punic was dissolved in 600[11].
  • Punic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Punic language[12].
  • Punic's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'xpu', 'text': '𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤌'}[13].
  • Punic's UNESCO language status is recorded as 6 extinct[14].
  • Punic dates from the Roman Empire[15].
  • Punic's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/XPU[16].
  • Punic's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[17].
  • Punic's dialect of is recorded as Phoenician[18].

Why It Matters

Punic ranks in the top 0.7% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,788 views/month, #6 of 862).[2] Punic has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Punic is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Wikidata Toolkit. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +0600-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception -0800-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of dialect, ancient language
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