Late Sabaic
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Late Sabaic is the final historical stage of the Sabaic language of ancient South Arabia, known from inscriptions dating to the last centuries before the Islamic era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Late Sabaic canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sabaic language variety
ⓘ
historical language stage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Himyar
ⓘ
surface form:
Himyarite period
Sabaean kingdom ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
epigraphic texts
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ |
| chronologicalRelation | final stage of Sabaic ⓘ |
| chronologicalStatus | latest attested form of Sabaic ⓘ |
| domain | epigraphy ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
monumental inscriptions
ⓘ
rock inscriptions ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| extinctionReason | replacement by Arabic ⓘ |
| follows | Classical Sabaic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonantal writing without vowels
ⓘ
epigraphic transmission only ⓘ late phonological and morphological developments of Sabaic ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no separate ISO 639-3 code (substage of Sabaic) ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
South Semitic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
South Semitic
|
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Afroasiatic
Semitic ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Old South Arabian ⓘ |
| linguisticRelation | closely related to other Old South Arabian languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Sabaic language ⓘ |
| precedes | Islamic-era Arabic in South Arabia ⓘ |
| region |
Sabaean cultural area
ⓘ
Yemeni Highlands ⓘ
surface form:
South Arabian highlands
|
| scriptType | consonantal abjad ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Semitic linguistics
ⓘ
South Arabian epigraphy ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
Old South Arabian languages ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ South Semitic languages ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
last centuries before the Islamic era
ⓘ
late pre-Islamic period ⓘ |
| usageContext |
building inscriptions
ⓘ
dedicatory inscriptions ⓘ religious inscriptions ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Sabaean population
ⓘ
Old South Arabian ⓘ
surface form:
South Arabian elites
|
| usedIn |
Yemen
ⓘ
ancient South Arabia ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Ancient South Arabian script ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.