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 seranim, the "lords" of the Philistine five cities ("pentapolis"), or the 'argáz receptacle, which occurs in 1 Samuel 6 and nowhere else, or the title padî.