Hasaitic

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Ancient North Arabian
Spoken in: Arabia
Language extinction: marginalized by Classical Arabic from the 7th century
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
 Semitic
  West
   Central
    Arabic
     Ancient North Arabian 
Writing system: South Arabian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: xna

Hasaitic is an Old 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] They are written in the South Arabian script and date to the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC.

[edit] Refecences

  1. ^ William Facey, The Story of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, 1994, ISBN 1 900988 18 6

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