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Preferred term

xsaSabaean  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Sabaean (Sabaic), also known as Himyarite (Himyaritic), was an Old South Arabian language spoken in Yemen from c. 1000 BC to the 6th century AD, by the Sabaeans; it was used as a written language by some other peoples (sha‘bs) of Ancient Yemen, including the Hashidites, Sirwahites, Humlanites, Ghaymanites, Himyarites, Radmanites etc. It was written in the South Arabian alphabet.

Entry terms

  • Sabaean language

ISO 639-3 code

  • xsa

In other languages

  • لغة سبئية

    Arabic

  • Llengua sabea

    Catalan

  • Sabejski jezik

    Croatian

  • Sabejština

    Czech

  • שבאית

    Hebrew

  • Szabái nyelv

    Hungarian

  • Сабейский язык

    Russian

  • Sabejščina

    Slovenian

  • Idioma sabeo

    Spanish

  • ภาษาซาบาเอียน

    Thai

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/xsa

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