Talk:Amorite language

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I can show just as strong a similarity between English and Hebrew, so I guess English is a Semitic language. and the same goes for Egyptian. Please, if you really want to prove their language is Semitic, bring something stronger. -Shyisc 15:01, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Please do go ahead and show us! David Marjanović 16:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

The fact that Amorite is Semitic is not even in question. Andrason, Vita (2018) 'Amorite : A Northwest Semitic Language?', JSS 43/1 2018; Streck (2011), "Amorite" in 'The Semitic Languages', 452-459, DeGruyter Mouton; "Two Remarkable Vocabularies: Amorite-Akkadian Bilinguals!" In Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale 2022/1 (Vol.116). The fact that you can show similarities between English and Hebrew is irrelevant and a red herring fallacy. Please educate yourself on the literature before making ridiculous claims. ZimRavenGod (talk) 11:10, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

If you want evidence for the Northwest Semitic origin of Amorite, refer to the following three articles: George, Andrew; Krebernik, Manfred (12 December 2022). "Two Remarkable Vocabularies: Amorite-Akkadian Bilinguals!". Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 116 (1): 113–166. Golinets, Victor (2025). "The Significance of the Newly Found Amorite- Akkadian Bilinguals for Hebrew Lexicography". Interconnected Traditions: Semitic Languages, Literatures, Cultures—A Festschrift for Geoffrey Khan. 1: 879–900. doi:10.11647/obp.0463.32. ISBN 978-1-80511-576-2. Ross, Hugo A. T. (2025). "Re-Evaluating the Amorite Verb: Expressions of Tense, Mood and Aspect in the Prefix Conjugation". Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages. 51 (1): 89–117. hdl:10520/ejc-semlang_v51_n1_a6. ZimRavenGod (talk) 11:14, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

contradictory content of the article

It is known exclusively from non-Akkadian proper names

but then the article enumerates some of its grammatical features, including features of finite verbs, .e.g.:

The usual Semitic imperfect-perfect distinction is found — e.g. Yantin-Dagan, 'Dagon gives' (ntn);

I wonder: how could the information about the verb be derived from proper names?!--Imz 21:37, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Easy: Yantin-Dagan is a proper name. David Marjanović 16:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Amorite started in 2580 B.C. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.87.181.45 (talk) 21:43, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Expansion

this article needs to be improved by increasing the information available and making existing information more accurate ZimRavenGod (talk) 20:02, 10 December 2025 (UTC)