canaan the language of

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canaan the language of - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Canaan, the language of
  mentioned in Isa. 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews
  resident in Palestine. The language of the Canaanites and of the
  Hebrews was substantially the same. This is seen from the
  fragments of the Phoenician language which still survive, which
  show the closest analogy to the Hebrew. Yet the subject of the
  language of the "Canaanites" is very obscure. The cuneiform
  writing of Babylon, as well as the Babylonian language, was
  taught in the Canaanitish schools, and the clay tablets of
  Babylonian literature were stored in the Canaanitish libraries.
  Even the Babylonian divinities were borrowed by the Canaanites.