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Old South Arabian is a geographic term for four closely related languages spoken in the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. These languages are distinct from Classical Arabic, hence Old South Arabian and not Old South Arabic. The four languages are Sabaen, Minaen, Qatabanian, and Hadramitic.


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Old South Arabian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (205 words)
Old South Arabian (or Epigraphic South Arabian) is the term used for four closely related languages spoken in the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula.
Old South Arabian had its own writing system, the South Arabian alphabet, concurrently used for Ge'ez in the Ethiopian Kingdom of D`mt, ultimately sharing a common origin with the other Semitic abjads, the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet.
The arrival of Islam virtually disintegrated Old South Arabian, as Classical Arabic became the lingua franca of the region.
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The Arabic languages comprise North Arabic (or simply Arabic) and South Arabian (or Himyaritic or South Arabic); South Arabian differs sufficiently from North Arabic to be considered a separate language.
Old South Arabian, or Himyaritic, was the language of people living in the S Arabian Peninsula in ancient times.
Old South Arabian had its own alphabet, the origin of which is still not clear, although it is generally thought to have had the same source as the North Semitic writing.
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