North Arabian
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North Arabian is an ancient group of related Semitic dialects once spoken and inscribed across parts of northern Arabia and the Levant.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of ancient Semitic dialects
ⓘ
linguistic variety ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ancient South Arabian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedFrom | epigraphic corpora ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
graffiti inscriptions
ⓘ
monumental inscriptions ⓘ rock inscriptions ⓘ |
| extinct | true ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Ancient North Arabian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Dadanitic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dumaitic NERFINISHED ⓘ Hasaitic NERFINISHED ⓘ Hismaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Thamudic NERFINISHED ⓘ Safaitic NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Thamudic NERFINISHED ⓘ Taymanitic NERFINISHED ⓘ Thamudic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
marks word boundaries with dots or spacing in some inscriptions
ⓘ
retention of Proto-Semitic consonant inventory with minor changes ⓘ use of case endings is debated and sparsely attested ⓘ use of matres lectionis is limited or absent ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Afroasiatic ⓘ |
| hasUncertainClassification | some dialects ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Ancient North Arabian script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
epigraphic scripts ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no modern ISO 639-3 code as a group ⓘ |
| languageBranchOf | Central Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notIdenticalTo |
Ancient South Arabian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Classical Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Northwest Semitic continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
northwestern Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
southern Levant ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| scriptType | consonantal alphabet ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
deserts of northern Arabia
ⓘ
northern Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ oases of northwestern Arabia ⓘ the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Semitic linguists
ⓘ
epigraphists ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central Semitic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st millennium BCE
ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
ancient nomadic groups of northern Arabia
ⓘ
oasis-dwelling communities in northwestern Arabia ⓘ |
| usedIn | inscriptions ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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