- Thamudic
Infobox Language|name=Ancient North Arabian
region=Arabia
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
extinct=marginalized byClassical Arabic from the 7th century
fam2=Semitic
fam3=West
fam4=Central
fam5=Arabic
script=South Arabian alphabet
iso3=xnaThamudic is an
Old North Arabian dialect known from pre-Islamic inscriptions scattered across theArabian desert and theSinai . Dating to between the 4th century BC and the 3rd or 4th century AD, they were incorrectly named after theThamud people, with whom they are not directly associated.References
* cite book
last=Lipinski
first=Edward
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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
location=Leuven
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pages=75
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quote=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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