Nabataean Aramaic

E153282

Aramaic dialect Northwest Semitic language variety historical language

Nabataean Aramaic is the ancient Aramaic dialect used by the Nabataean kingdom, best known from inscriptions associated with the city of Petra and influential in the development of the Arabic script.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nabataean Aramaic canonical	24
Nabataean	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aramaic dialect ⓘ Northwest Semitic language variety ⓘ historical language ⓘ
associatedWith	Nabataean onomastics ⓘ Nabataean religion ⓘ
attestedIn	Nabataean inscriptions ⓘ inscriptions from Hegra (Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ) ⓘ inscriptions from Petra ⓘ inscriptions from Sinai ⓘ inscriptions from the Negev ⓘ
characteristic	cursive letter forms ⓘ increasing use of matres lectionis ⓘ ligature-like connections between letters ⓘ
chronology	Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period in the Near East ⓘ
derivedFrom	Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock	Nabataean alphabet ⓘ surface form: Nabataean (U+10880–U+108AF)
influenced	Nabataeo-Arabic inscriptions ⓘ early Arabic script ⓘ
ISO639-3	xna ⓘ
languageFamily	Aramaic ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ
region	Petra ⓘ Transjordan ⓘ Northern Arabia ⓘ surface form: northwestern Arabia southern Levant ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
scriptType	abjad ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith	other Western Aramaic dialects ⓘ
spokenBy	Nabataean kingdom ⓘ surface form: Nabataeans
subfamily	Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
supersededBy	Arabic ⓘ surface form: Arabic language Classical Arabic ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 2nd century BCE to 4th century CE ⓘ
transitionRole	intermediate stage between Aramaic script and Arabic script ⓘ
usedBy	Nabataean inscriptions ⓘ surface form: Nabataean administration Nabataean merchants ⓘ
usedFor	commercial documents ⓘ dedicatory inscriptions ⓘ funerary inscriptions ⓘ legal documents ⓘ
usedIn	Nabataean kingdom ⓘ surface form: Nabataean Kingdom
writingCulture	epigraphic culture ⓘ
writingMaterial	ostraca ⓘ papyrus documents ⓘ rock inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystem	Nabataean alphabet ⓘ surface form: Nabataean script

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Nabataean alphabet → usedForLanguage → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Nabataean alphabet → hasUnicodeBlock → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nabataean

Nabataean kingdom → language → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Aretas IV of Nabatea → languageUsed → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Petra → inscriptionLanguage → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Arabia Petraea → languageUsed → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Nbat → usedForLanguage → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Imperial Aramaic → influenced → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Hegra → inscriptionLanguages → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Nabataean inscriptions → writtenInLanguage → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Palmyrene Aramaic → closelyRelatedTo → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Mamshit → inscriptionLanguage → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Roman province of Arabia Petraea → commonLanguage → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

subject surface form: Arabia Petraea

House of Aretas → language → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Aretas IV → languageUsed → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Aretas IV Philopatris → languageOfInscriptions → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Malichus II → nativeLanguage → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Malichus II → languageUsedInInscriptions → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Huldu → languageUsed → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Shaqilat I → languageOfName → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Phasael → languageSpoken → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Obodas III → language → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Shaqilat II → language → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ

Royal Tombs → inscriptionLanguage → Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ