Philistine language

Philistine Canaanite
Native toPhilistia
EthnicityPhilistines
Extinctc. 7th century BC
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
Philistine Indo-European
Native toPhilistia
EthnicityPhilistines
Extinctc. 9th century BC
unclassified, probably Indo-European
  • Philistine Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

The Philistine language (/ˈfɪləstn, ˈfɪləstn, fəˈlɪstən, fəˈlɪstn/) is the extinct language of the Philistines. Very little is known about the language, of which a handful of words survived as cultural loanwords in Biblical Hebrew describing specifically Philistine institutions, like the serānim, the "lords" of the Philistine five cities ("pentapolis"), the ʿargāz receptacle, mentioned in 1 Samuel 6, and the title paḏi.