Hasaitic dialect

Hasaitic
Hasaitic
Region	Arabia
Extinct	marginalized by Classical Arabic from the 7th century[ citation needed ]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Hasaitic; ; ;
Writing system	Monumental South Arabian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	hasa1249

Last updated November 30, 2021

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.

Notes

↑ William Facey, The Story of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, 1994, ISBN 1-900988-18-6
↑ Macdonald, M. C. A. (2000). "Reflections on the linguistic map of pre-Islamic Arabia". Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. 11. pp. 28–79. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

External links

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[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. 11. pp. 28–79. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

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