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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabataean_AramaicNabataean Aramaic was the Aramaic variety used in inscriptions by the Nabataeans of the Negev, the east bank of the Jordan River and the Sinai Peninsula. During the early Islamic Golden Age, Arab historians applied the term "Nabataean" to other, eastern Aramaic languages in the Babylonian
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See moreWith the collapse of the Achaemenid Empire (330 BC), the Aramaic language also increasingly lost importance as the lingua franca of the Near East. The Greek language now appeared beside it. The formerly unified written
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See moreThe Nabataean language was always linguistically influenced by its historical and geographical context. Nabataean was initially primarily used by Aramaic speakers, and therefore
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See moreNabataean handwriting is characterized by a very characteristic cursive style. The Nabataean alphabet itself developed out of the
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Personal pronouns
The attested third person independent personal pronouns are masculine singular hw (rarely hwʔ), feminine singular hy, and masculine plural hm. The third person independent pronouns...
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Nabataean Aramaic was an offshoot of Imperial Aramaic. Of its few innovative features compared to Imperial Aramaic, the use of the object marker yt is a Western Aramaic feature.
Scholars used to be divided over the origins of Arabic script....
See moreEvidence of Nabataean writings can be found in the burial and dedication inscriptions of the cities of Petra, Bosra and Hegra (modern
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According to Cantineau, Nabataean Aramaic had the following consonantal sounds:
[f], [θ], [x], [v], [ð], and [ɣ] may have been allophones of /p/, /t/, /k/, /b/, /d/, and /g/, respectively. If so, the...
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The Nabataeans were one among several nomadic tribes who roamed the Arabian Desert, moving with their herds to wherever they could find pasture and water. These nomads became familiar with their area as seasons passed, and they struggled to survive during bad years when seasonal rainfall diminished. Although the Nabataeans were initially embedded in Aramaic culture, modern …
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v. t. e. The Nabataean Kingdom ( Nabataean Aramaic: ???????????????? Nabāṭū ), also named Nabatea ( / ˌnæbəˈtiːə / ), was a political state of the Arab Nabataeans during classical antiquity . The …
- Religion: Nabataean religion
- Historical era: Antiquity
- Government: Monarchy
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- This article, like the Nabataeans article, appears to be intended to cover the ancient Nabataeans of the southern Levant (Petra, Bosra, etc.). If this is the case, it needs to be explained clearly in both articles that a). the Arabs applied the name Nabat (Nabataeans) variously to different Aramaean groups of the Fertile Crescent, and that b). the ...
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Nabataean Arabic was the dialect of Arabic spoken by the Nabataeans in antiquity. In the 1st century AD, the Nabataeans wrote their inscriptions, such as the legal texts carved on the …
- Writing system: Nabataean
- ISO 639-3: None (mis)
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The Nabataeans relied on the caravan trade, enriched and established an important kingdom, and wrote in Aramaic, which they took from the Edomites. Aramaic was the language of trade in …
