Editing Ammon (section)

==Language==
{{Main|Ammonite language}}
The few Ammonite names that have been preserved also include Nahash and [[Hanun]], both from the Bible.<ref name="EB1911"/> The Ammonites' language is believed to be in the [[Canaanite languages|Canaanite family]], closely related to [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Moabite language|Moabite]]. Ammonite may have incorporated certain [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] influences, including the use of ''‘bd'', instead of commoner Biblical Hebrew ''‘śh'', for "work". The only other notable difference with Biblical Hebrew is the sporadic retention of feminine singular ''-t'' (e.g., ''šħt'' "cistern", but ''lyh'' "high (fem.)".)<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Cohen|editor-first=D |year=1988|title=Les langues dans le monde ancien et modern, part 3|chapter=Les Langues Chamito-semitiques|publisher=[[French National Centre for Scientific Research|CNRS]]|location=Paris}}{{cite book|last=Aufrecht|first=WE|title=A Corpus of Ammonite Inscriptions|isbn=0-88946-089-2|location= [[Lewiston, New York]] |publisher=[[Edwin Mellen Press]] |year=1989}}</ref>

===Inscriptions===
Inscriptions found in the Ammonite language include an [[Tel Siran inscription|inscription on a bronze bottle]] dating to c. 600 BC<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smit |first1=E. J. |title=The Tell Siran inscription. Linguistic and historical implications |journal=Journal for Semitics |date=1989 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=108–117 |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA10318471_215}}</ref> and the [[Amman Citadel Inscription]].