Thamudic

Thamudic

Infobox Language|name=Ancient North Arabian
region=Arabia
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
extinct=marginalized by Classical Arabic from the 7th century
fam2=Semitic
fam3=West
fam4=Central
fam5=Arabic
script=South Arabian alphabet
iso3=xna

Thamudic is an Old North Arabian dialect known from pre-Islamic inscriptions scattered across the Arabian desert and the Sinai. Dating to between the 4th century BC and the 3rd or 4th century AD, they were incorrectly named after the Thamud people, with whom they are not directly associated.

References

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title=Semitic Languages: Outlines of a Comparative Grammar
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edition = 2nd ed.
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year=2001
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publisher=Orientalia Lovanensia Analecta
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External links

* [http://www.mnh.si.edu/EPIGRAPHY/e_pre-islamic/thamudic.htm Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Pre-Islamic Period Inscriptions - Thamudic]


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