Old Arabic

E7622
historical language stage variety of Arabic

Old Arabic is the early stage of the Arabic language attested in pre-Islamic inscriptions and poetry, representing the linguistic ancestor of Classical and Modern Arabic varieties.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Old Arabic canonical 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical language stage ⓘ
variety of Arabic ⓘ
ancestorOf Classical Arabic ⓘ
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
modern Arabic vernaculars ⓘ
attestedIn Dadanitic inscriptions ⓘ
Hismaic inscriptions ⓘ
Nabataean inscriptions ⓘ
Safaitic inscriptions ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ
pre-Islamic inscriptions ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Classical Arabic ⓘ
Nabataean Arabic ⓘ
Classical Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Quranic Arabic
hasFeature case inflection on nouns ⓘ
contrast between long and short vowels ⓘ
definite article al- ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ
mood inflection on verbs ⓘ
triconsonantal root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
hasSourceType early poetic corpora ⓘ
graffiti ⓘ
rock inscriptions ⓘ
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code (treated under Arabic) ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic
languageSubbranch Central Semitic languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Semitic
precedes Classical Arabic ⓘ
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
modern Arabic dialects ⓘ
roleIn development of Classical Arabic grammar ⓘ
reconstruction of Proto-Arabic ⓘ
spokenIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Nabataean kingdom ⓘ
Syrian Desert ⓘ
surface form: Syro-Arabian desert

northwestern Arabia ⓘ
oases of northwestern Arabia ⓘ
studiedInField Arabic philology ⓘ
Semitic linguistics ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

Central Semitic language ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE–1st millennium CE (approximate scholarly range) ⓘ
pre-Islamic era ⓘ
writingSystem Ancient North Arabian scripts ⓘ
Nabataean alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Nabataean Aramaic script

early Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Arabic → historicalForm → Old Arabic ⓘ
Nabataean Arabic → closelyRelatedTo → Old Arabic ⓘ
Tihami Arabic → hasAncestor → Old Arabic ⓘ
Peninsular Arabic → historicalAncestor → Old Arabic ⓘ
Arabic language continuum → developedFrom → Old Arabic ⓘ