Sabaic

E68213
Semitic language South Arabian language ancient language epigraphic language

Sabaic is an ancient South Arabian Semitic language once used in inscriptions and documents in what is now Yemen.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Sabaean 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic language ⓘ
South Arabian language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
epigraphic language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Old South Arabian ⓘ
surface form: Hadramitic

Minaean ⓘ
surface form: Minaic

Qataban ⓘ
surface form: Qatabanic
culturalContext Sabaean kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Sabaean civilization
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
hasDialect Late Sabaic ⓘ
Middle Sabaic ⓘ
Old Sabaic ⓘ
hasFeature consonantal writing system ⓘ
lack of written vowels ⓘ
rich system of verbal derivation ⓘ
triconsonantal roots ⓘ
use of matres lectionis in later stages ⓘ
use of status constructus ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
hasNumberCategory plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
ISO639-3Code xsa ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch South Semitic languages ⓘ
primarySources bronze inscriptions ⓘ
ostraca ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
wooden sticks ⓘ
region Yemen ⓘ
southwestern Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
relatedTo Aramaic ⓘ
Classical Arabic ⓘ
Ge'ez ⓘ
surface form: Geʿez

Hebrew ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
studiedBy Semitic linguistics ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
subclassOf Old South Arabian ⓘ
surface form: Old South Arabian language
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
usedFor inscriptions ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
monumental texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn Sabaean kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Saba

Southern Arabia ⓘ
surface form: South Arabia

ancient Yemen ⓘ
writingSystem Ancient South Arabian script ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Sabaean