Quotes from Angel Sáenz-Badillos

Some of the more outstanding features of Ugaritic are its preservation of most of the Proto-Semitic consonantal phonemes.

The number of vowel phonemes varies according to the different Masoretic traditions.

the preterite function of the Proto-Semitic prefix-conjugation has been preserved in BH's 'consecutive' (or 'conversive') tenses, the origins and significance of which are still not absolutely clear.