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    The Ancient South Arabian script (Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩯𐩬𐩵 ms3nd; modern Arabic: الْمُسْنَد musnad) branched from the Proto-Sinaitic script in about...
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  • or other symbols. Ancient North Arabian (ANA) is a collection of scripts and a language or family of languages under the North Arabian languages branch...
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  • Old South Arabian (also known as Ancient South Arabian (ASA), Epigraphic South Arabian, Ṣayhadic, or Yemenite) is a group of four closely related extinct...
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    family has two main branches: Ancient North Arabian (ANA) and Ancient South Arabian (ASA). The scripts were exclusive to Arabia and the Horn of Africa. All...
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    trace of alphabetic writing and the common ancestor of both the Ancient South Arabian script and the Phoenician alphabet, which led to many modern alphabets...
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    for information on the pronunciation. The Geʽez script was derived from the Ancient South Arabian script which originated in the region centred around what...
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    in June 2014 with the release of version 7.0. Ancient North Arabian script Ancient South Arabian script Nabataean Aramaic Nabataean Arabic Himelfarb,...
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  • Musnad may refer to: Ancient South Arabian script (used for several Old South Arabian and Eritrean languages) Musnad hadith – a hadith whose traceable...
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  • Yemen and Oman Old South Arabian languages, a mostly extinct group of languages spoken in what is now Yemen Ancient South Arabian script, the writing system...
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    Pre-Islamic Arabia (Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية قبل الإسلام, romanized: shibh al-jazirat al-'arabiyat qabl al-islām), referring to the Arabian Peninsula...
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    introduction of South Semitic languages to Ethiopia, replacing the native Cushitic languages, and the adoption of Ancient South Arabian script by Ethiopians...
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    Qaryat al-Faw (category Archaeology of Saudi Arabia)
    Arabic inscription written in the Ancient South Arabian script which is one of the oldest of its kind in South Arabia. Researchers know little about the...
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    Safaitic (category Ancient North Arabian)
    Arabic and Ancient North Arabian. The Safaitic script is a member of the Ancient North Arabian (ANA) sub-grouping of the South Semitic script family, the...
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    Ancient South Arabian art was the art of the pre-Islamic cultures of South Arabia, which was produced from the 3rd millennium BC until the 7th century...
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    records), as there was no written script in the region at this time. Later still, written evidence of Old South Arabian and Ge'ez (both related to but in...
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    Kufic (redirect from Kufic Script)
    portal Ancient North Arabian script Ancient South Arabian script Hijazi script Maghrebi script Mashq script Muhaqqaq Naskh Nine-fold seal script (Chinese...
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    the earliest scripts, along with Mashq and Kufic. Earlier scripts included Ancient North Arabian and the South Arabian script. The script is notably angular...
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  • Wadd (category Arabian gods)
    (Arabic: وَدّ) (Ancient South Arabian script: 𐩥𐩵) is a pre-Islamic Arabian god. He was the national god of the Minaeans of South Arabia, Yemen, associated...
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  • Kinda (tribe) (category Ancient history of Yemen)
    Kinda, or Kindah, (Arabic: كِنْدَة, Ancient South Arabian script: 𐩫𐩬𐩵𐩩) were an Arab tribe from South Arabia. Originating in the region to the west...
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    script, which was also influenced by the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system, and adapted for Amharic. The Arabic and Ancient South Arabian scripts...
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    South Arabia (Arabic: جنوب الجزيرة العربية) is a historical region that consists of the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia, mainly centered...
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    Sabaeans (category Ancient Arab peoples)
    סְבָאִים, romanized: Səḇāʾīm) were an ancient group of South Arabians. They spoke Sabaic, one of the Old South Arabian languages. In the region of modern-day...
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    Old Arabic (redirect from Old Arabian)
    understood languages labeled Thamudic, and the ancient languages of Yemen written in the Ancient South Arabian script. Old Arabic, is however, distinguished from...
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  • which was one of the ancient Arab kingdoms in the middle of the Arabian Peninsula. This city was known as Dhāt Kahl in the South Arabian text, although in...
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    Sabaic (category Old South Arabian languages)
    referring to the church built by Abrahah in Sana'a. Old South Arabian Ancient South Arabian script Himyaritic language Ge'ez Kingdom of Aksum Sabaeans Himyarite...
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    present-day calligraphers. Languages portal Ancient North Arabian script Ancient South Arabian script Hijazi script Kufic Muhaqqaq Naskh Persian calligraphy...
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    (Palm 126) was also used to write Aramaic. Old South Arabian (Sarb) Old North Arabian (Narb) Pahlavi scripts (130–133: Prti, Phli, Phlp, Phlv) – derived...
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  • Hebrew. Daniel Vainstub proposed that the script might not be Canaanite, but instead ancient South Arabian script. He proposes a reading of “šy lḏn ḫ̇; n”...
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    pre-Islamic Arabia included indigenous Arabian polytheism, Buddhism, ancient Semitic religions, Christianity, Judaism, Mandaeism, and Zoroastrianism. Arabian polytheism...
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    Arabic alphabet (category Arabic script)
    Biadsy. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arabic alphabet. Ancient South Arabian script Algerian braille Arabic braille Arabic calligraphy Arabic chat...
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