Hasaitic
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| Ancient North Arabian | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Arabia |
| Extinct | marginalized by Classical Arabic from the 7th century |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | South Arabian alphabet |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xna |
Hasaitic is an Old North Arabian dialect attested in inscriptions in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia at Thaj, Hinna, Qatif, Ras Tanura, Abqaiq in the al-Hasa region, Ayn Jawan, Mileiha and at Uruk.[1] They are written in the South Arabian script and date to the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC.
[edit] Refecences
- M. C. A. Macdonald, Reflections on the linguistic map of pre-Islamic Arabia, Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 11 (2000), 28-79.
- ^ William Facey, The Story of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, 1994, ISBN 1 900988 18 6
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