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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

Notation

  • xsa

In other languages

  • Idioma sabeo

    Spanish

URI

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

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