Old Arabic
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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.
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 ⓘ |
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