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Language code: uga

Technical information about ISO 639 language code uga

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The table below provides technical details for the Ugaritic language, designated by the uga code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

uga

Name

Ugaritic

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
Biblical HebrewPhoenicianAramaicAmoriteMoabite
Key facts
Written in a 30-letter alphabetic cuneiform scriptEarliest known alphabet recorded on clay tabletsCorpus dates to roughly 1400–1200 BCE and includes myths such as the Baal CycleDeciphered in 1929 with the aid of bilingual word-listsProvides key comparative data for reconstructing Proto-Northwest Semitic.
Sample phrase

𐎌𐎍𐎎, 𐎋𐎀𐎊 𐎀𐎐𐎚?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Ugaritic language, identified by the code uga, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Ancient' by its type.

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