It says here in WP that the Phoenicians were descended of Canaan It also states in WP that their language was split of from the Canaanite language in the Semitic language family Let s back track Phoenicians are Zidonians and descended from Sidon Sidon was Canaan s first born son Gen 10 15 Canaan was Ham s youngest son Gen 10 6 Therefore Phoenicians are directly in Ham s bloodline Ham is the undisputed father of black mankind Tom 04 02 08