Late Sabaic

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Late Sabaic is the final historical stage of the Sabaic language of ancient South Arabia, known from inscriptions dating to the last centuries before the Islamic era.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Late Sabaic canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sabaic language variety ⓘ
historical language stage ⓘ
associatedWith Himyarite period ⓘ
linked to: Himyar

Sabaean kingdom ⓘ
attestedIn epigraphic texts ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
chronologicalRelation final stage of Sabaic ⓘ
chronologicalStatus latest attested form of Sabaic ⓘ
domain epigraphy ⓘ
evidenceType monumental inscriptions ⓘ
rock inscriptions ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
extinctionReason replacement by Arabic ⓘ
follows Classical Sabaic ⓘ
hasFeature consonantal writing without vowels ⓘ
epigraphic transmission only ⓘ
late phonological and morphological developments of Sabaic ⓘ
ISOStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code (substage of Sabaic) ⓘ
languageBranch South Semitic ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
Semitic ⓘ
languageGroup Old South Arabian ⓘ
linguisticRelation closely related to other Old South Arabian languages ⓘ
partOf Sabaic language ⓘ
precedes Islamic-era Arabic in South Arabia ⓘ
region Sabaean cultural area ⓘ
South Arabian highlands ⓘ
linked to: Yemeni Highlands
scriptType consonantal abjad ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
studiedIn Semitic linguistics ⓘ
South Arabian epigraphy ⓘ
subdivisionOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Old South Arabian languages ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
South Semitic languages ⓘ
timePeriod last centuries before the Islamic era ⓘ
late pre-Islamic period ⓘ
usageContext building inscriptions ⓘ
dedicatory inscriptions ⓘ
religious inscriptions ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedBy Sabaean population ⓘ
South Arabian elites ⓘ
linked to: Old South Arabian
usedIn Yemen ⓘ
ancient South Arabia ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystem Ancient South Arabian script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sabaic → hasDialect → Late Sabaic ⓘ
Middle Sabaic → precedes → Late Sabaic ⓘ