Dadanitic
E747379
ancient North Arabian language variety
ancient North Arabian script
epigraphic language
historical language
Dadanitic is an ancient North Arabian script and language variety used in the oasis of Dadan (modern al-ʿUla in northwestern Saudi Arabia) before the rise of Classical Arabic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dadanitic canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient North Arabian language variety
ⓘ
ancient North Arabian script ⓘ epigraphic language ⓘ historical language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lihyanite religion
ⓘ
local deities of Dadan ⓘ |
| attestedIn | inscriptions in and around al-ʿUla ⓘ |
| chronology |
before the rise of Classical Arabic
ⓘ
pre-Islamic period ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Taymanitic
ⓘ
other Ancient North Arabian varieties ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Classical Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hismaic ⓘ Nabataean Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Safaitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Central Semitic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Dadan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMedium |
monumental inscriptions
ⓘ
rock inscriptions ⓘ |
| region |
Arabian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Arabian epigraphy
ⓘ
Semitic epigraphy ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Ancient North Arabian scripts ⓘ |
| scriptFeatures | consonants written, vowels largely unwritten ⓘ |
| scriptType | abjad ⓘ |
| scriptUsage |
administrative inscriptions
ⓘ
dedicatory inscriptions ⓘ funerary inscriptions ⓘ religious inscriptions ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early first millennium CE
ⓘ
first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| UnicodeStatus | not yet encoded as a separate Unicode script (as of 2024) ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Lihyanite kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
inhabitants of Dadan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Dadan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
al-ʿUla NERFINISHED ⓘ northwest Arabia ⓘ northwestern Saudi Arabia ⓘ oasis of Dadan ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope | local script of Dadan oasis ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | consonantal alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.