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| Nabataean Arabic | |
|---|---|
| Region | Levant, Sinai Peninsula and northwestern Arabia |
| Era | 4th century BCE to 1st century CE |
| Nabataean | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Nabataean Arabic (or Nabataeo-Arabic) was a predecessor of the Arabic alphabet. It evolved from Nabataean Aramaic, first entering use in the late third century AD. It continued to be used into the mid-fifth century, after which the script evolves into a new phase known as Paleo-Arabic.[1]
In the first century AD, the Nabataeans wrote their inscriptions, such as the legal texts carved on the façades of the monumental tombs at Mada'in Salih, ancient Ḥegrā, in Nabataean Aramaic.
It is probable, however, that some or all of them, possibly in varying proportion depending on the region of the Nabataean Kingdom where they lived, spoke Arabic.[2]
- ^ Nehmé 2020.
- ^ "Arabic in Context | Brill". www.brill.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-20.