Nobody knows, but their writing system was well-established by the year 1050 BCE.
What language is Phoenician
Phoenician.
i have heard that it is based on the Phoenician language
Phoenician.
We do not know how they spoke their language.
It was absorbed into Middle Eastern languages.
The Greeks modified the Phoenician language by adding vowels to the consonant-based Phoenician alphabet. They also introduced modifications to the pronunciation and order of the letters. This resulted in the creation of the Greek alphabet, which became the foundation for many modern alphabets, including the Latin alphabet used in English and many other languages.
S. Segert has written: 'A basic grammar of the Ugaritic language' -- subject(s): Grammar, Ugaritic language 'A grammar of Phoenician and Punic' -- subject(s): Grammar, Phoenician language
the alphabets of all European languages are desended from the Phoenician alphabet. Hebrew is believed to be very similar to Phoenician. Michael Montagne
The adopted and adapted it to their own language.
Mermaids usually speak whatever the main language of the work is. The parental language for mermaid is ancient Phoenician (a semitic group language). Pronouncements made by Dagon the chief Phoenician God (who was a mer-person) were in that language. There have been 5 dialects (some quite divergent) documented.
Akkadian, Eblaite, Elamite, Phoenician, Semitic, and Sumerian.