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 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.