Are the Phoenicians and the Canaanites one and the same people?

Question

Did one come before another? Did the speak the same language?

Answer 1

This will answer your question clearly!

http://www.laa.org/tours/phoenicians.htm

Answer 2

The Phoenicians were a Canaanite people. They spoke and, more importantly, wrote in that language, transforming proto-canaanite, the world's first alphabetic language, into Phoenician over many centuries. (Phoenician was later adopted and adapted by some other seafaring people in SE Europe -- the Greeks, whose alphabet was then adopted and modified by the Romans, which is what we use today in English. Arabic also derived from Canaanite, but by a different route.)

There were other Canaanite peoples. The Hykssos, for one, came down from the Levant and conquered Egypt, which they ruled over for a long time. The Isrealites were also a Canaanite people, though as a hill people they fought against the Canaanites still living in cities, and you'll see biblical references to Canaan as the urban enemy. (shades of Red state/ Blue states!)

This is not to say that Phoenicians were part of the political structure of Canaan the way Texans are part of the United States. A more accurate parallel would be to the Americans of, say, 1840, who one could describe as British. They were separate politically, but bound historically, culturally, religiously, and linguistically.

Answer 3

sure , Phoenicians are truthfully Canaanites of northern areas of Canaan (it somewhat is those days Lebanon) , Canaanites are mentioned as "West-Arameans" while in comparison with "East-Aramean" from Syria.