Philistine language
| Philistine Canaanite | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philistia |
| Ethnicity | Philistines |
| Extinct | c. 7th century BC |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
| Philistine Indo-European | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philistia |
| Ethnicity | Philistines |
| Extinct | c. 9th century BC |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
The Philistine language (/ˈfɪləstiːn, ˈfɪləstaɪn, fəˈlɪstən, fəˈlɪstiːn/) 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.