Hasaitic
Appearance
Hasaitic | |
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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.
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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. Vol. 11. pp. 28–79. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "SHI 28 | OCIANA". ociana.osu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ 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.