However , it is written in a Canaanite dialect similar to Phoenician .
For instance , the Ekron inscription , identifying the archaeological site securely as the Biblical Ekron , is the first connected body of text to be identified as Philistine .
Philistine is written in a Canaanite dialect similar to Phoenician .
For instance , the Ekron inscription , identifying the archaeological site securely as the Biblical Ekron , is the first connected body of text to be identified as Philistine .