Hasaitic

Hasaitic
Hasaitic
Region	Arabia
Extinct	marginalized by Classical Arabic from the 7th century
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic North Arabian? Old Arabic Hasaitic; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Monumental South Arabian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	hasa1249

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. It is written in the Monumental South Arabian script and dates from the 5th to 2nd centuries BC.

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