Hasaitic

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Hasaitic
Region Arabia
Extinct marginalized by Classical Arabic from the 7th century[ citation needed ]
Monumental South Arabian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog hasa1249

Hasaitic is an Ancient 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] It is written in the Monumental South Arabian script [2] and dates from the 5th to 2nd centuries BC.

Ancient funerary inscription tablet written in Hasaitic, 5th-6th century CE. Tarout Island, Saudi Arabia. Tablet in Qatif, Saudi Arabia 013.png
Ancient funerary inscription tablet written in Hasaitic, 5th-6th century CE. Tarout Island, Saudi Arabia.

Notes

  1. ↑ William Facey, The Story of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, 1994, ISBN   1-900988-18-6
  2. ↑ Macdonald, M. C. A. (2000). "Reflections on the linguistic map of pre-Islamic Arabia". Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. Vol. 11. pp. 28–79. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "SHI 28 | OCIANA". ociana.osu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  4. ↑ Cornwall, P. B. (1946). "Ancient Arabia: Explorations in Hasa, 1940-41". The Geographical Journal. 107 (1/2): 28–50. Bibcode:1946GeogJ.107...28C. doi:10.2307/1789083. ISSN   0016-7398. JSTOR   1789083.
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