Editing Moab (section)

==Language==
The [[Moabite language]] was spoken in Moab. It was a [[Canaanite language]] closely related to [[Biblical Hebrew]], [[Ammonite language|Ammonite]] and [[Edomite language|Edomite]],<ref name="Glottolog4.3">{{cite web |last1=Hammarström |first1=Harald |last2=Forke |first2=Robert |last3=Haspelmath |first3=Martin |last4=Bank |first4=Sebastian |year=2020 |title=Moabite |work=Glottolog 4.3 |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/moab1234 |access-date=2020-10-24 |archive-date=2018-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211001658/https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/moab1234 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was written using a variant of the [[Phoenician alphabet]].<ref name="ISBE">{{cite encyclopedia |first=Geoffrey W. |last=Bromiley |encyclopedia=The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |year=2007 |page=395 |title=Moab |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zkla5Gl_66oC&pg=PA395 |isbn=9780802837851 |access-date=2016-03-01 |archive-date=2014-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628120753/http://books.google.com/books?id=Zkla5Gl_66oC&pg=PA395 |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of our knowledge of it comes from the [[Mesha Stele]],<ref name="ISBE"/> which is the only known extensive text in this language. In addition, there are the three line [[El-Kerak Inscription]] and a few seals.