The Nabataean script imposed itself over the other possible systems despite of the fact that technically, it was not the best one for transcribing Arabic: it was designed for 22 phonemes, while Arabic counts 28 phonemes. South Semitic alphabets, comprising 28 letters, would have represented a more convenient, or even a perfect solution.

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08/10/2021 · The Nabataean script developed from the Aramaic script during the 2nd century BC. Stone inscriptions in the Nabataean abjad have been found in Petra, the capital of the Nabataean kingdom (c. 150 BC to 100 AD) and in Damascus and Medina. During the 5th and century AD the Arabic script developed from cursive versions of Nabataean. Notable features

08/07/2021 · Nabataean Aramaic Script (200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) with the Corresponding Hebrew Script 10• Languages: English• Total Pages: 2• Author: Ashur Cherry...

Nabataean alphabet, writing system used between approximately 150 bc and ad 150 in the Nabataean kingdom of Petra in the Arabian Peninsula.Used by the Nabataeans to write the Aramaic language, this alphabet was related to the Aramaic alphabet, one of the major Semitic scripts.The Nabataean script gave rise to the neo-Sinaitic alphabet, the ancestor of the Arabic …

The Nabataean alphabet is related to Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Kharosthi, Phoenician, Sabaean, Samaritan, South Arabian, and Syriac. (Follow the links above to various charts of what these scripts looked like.) It is quite commonly accepted that the Nabataean script was developed from Aramaic abjad during the 2nd century BC.

"A glimpse of the development of the Nabataean script into Arabic based on old and new epigraphic material", in M.C.A. Macdonald (ed), The development of Arabic as a written language (Supplement to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 40).

The dedication is in Nabataean, the explanation in another script. Was the Nabataean script reserved for religious and legal purposes? Many warnings are written on tombs, and these are all in Nabataean. For example, one of 11 AD, lists who can be buried in the tomb.

This article publishes eighteen inscriptions: seventeen in the Nabataean script and one in the pre-Islamic Arabic script, all from the area of al-Jawf, ancient Dūmat al-Jandal, in north-west Arabia. It includes the edition of the texts as well as a