Nabataean Arabic
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Nabataean Arabic is an ancient variety of Arabic associated with the Nabataean kingdom and its Aramaic-derived script, representing an early stage in the development of written Arabic.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Arabian language variety
→
ancient variety of Arabic → |
| associatedWith |
Nabataean Kingdom
→
Nabataeans → |
| attestedIn |
Nabataean inscriptions
→
epigraphic evidence from Hegra → epigraphic evidence from Petra → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Hismaic Arabic
→
Old Arabic → Safaitic Arabic → |
| earlyStageOf |
written Arabic
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|
| extinctionCause |
replacement by Classical Arabic
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|
| extinctionPeriod |
early Islamic period
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| extinctionStatus |
extinct
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| hasFeature |
Arabic lexicon with Aramaic orthography
→
early Arabic morphological features → mixture of Arabic and Aramaic elements → phonological features transitional between Aramaic and Arabic → |
| influenced |
development of the Arabic alphabet
→
early Arabic script → |
| ISOStatus |
no ISO 639-3 code
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| languageBranch |
Arabic
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| languageFamily |
Afro-Asiatic languages
→
Semitic languages → |
| languageSubfamily |
Central Semitic languages
→
|
| region |
Hegra
→
Northwestern Arabia → Petra → Southern Levant → |
| roleIn |
transition from Aramaic to Arabic writing in the Near East
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| scriptEvolution |
precursor of early Islamic Arabic script
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| scriptOrigin |
Aramaic script
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|
| studiedIn |
Semitic epigraphy
→
historical linguistics of Arabic → |
| timePeriod |
1st century BCE
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1st century CE → Late Antiquity → |
| usedBy |
Nabataean scribes
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|
| usedFor |
commercial inscriptions
→
funerary texts → inscriptions → religious dedications → |
| writingDirection |
right-to-left
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| writingMedium |
rock graffiti
→
stone inscriptions → |
| writingSystem |
Nabataean Aramaic script
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| writingSystemType |
consonantal alphabet
→
|
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Old Arabic
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closelyRelatedTo |