Hasaitic

Hasaitic
RegionArabia
Extinctmarginalized by Classical Arabic from the 7th century[citation needed]
Monumental South Arabian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologhasa1249

Hasaitic is an Ancient North Arabian dialect attested in inscriptions in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia at Thaj, Hinna, Qatif, Ras Tanura, Abqaiq in the al-Hasa region, Ayn Jawan, Mileiha and at Uruk.[1] It is written in the Monumental South Arabian script[2] and dates from the 5th to 2nd centuries BC.

Notes

  1. ^ William Facey, The Story of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, 1994, ISBN 1-900988-18-6
  2. ^ Macdonald, M. C. A. (2000). "Reflections on the linguistic map of pre-Islamic Arabia". Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. Vol. 11. pp. 28–79. Retrieved 28 July 2014.