The Minaean language (also Minaic, Madhabaic or Madhābic) was an Old South Arabian or Ṣayhadic language spoken in Yemen in the times of the Old South Arabian civilisation. The main area of its use may be located in the al-Jawf region of North-East Yemen, primarily in the Wādī Madhāb. Most of texts in this language were composed by the Minaeans, but the other civil-temple communities of the Wādī Madhāb (Nashshan, Kaminahu, Ḥaram, and Inabba') also used it as a literary medium.
The Minaeanlanguage (also Minaic, Madhabaic or Madhābic) was an Old South Arabian or Ṣayhadic language spoken in Yemen in the times of the Old South...
The Minaean people were the inhabitants of the kingdom of Ma'in (Minaean: 𐩣𐩲𐩬 Maʿīn; modern Arabic معين Maʿīn) in modern-day Yemen, dating back to the...
was erected by Minaeans living on the Greek island of Delos. The altar contains two inscriptions, one of which is in Minaeanlanguage and the other in...
came to an end, the Liḥyān dynasty or tribe taking contron of Dadān, and Minaeans from South Arabia set up a colony in Dadān in collaboration with the Dadanites...
Bet Sebat Bet Gurage Inor Old South Arabian (Ṣayhadic) Sabaic (extinct) Minaean (extinct) Qatabanian (extinct) Awsānian (extinct) Hadramautic (extinct)...
Qaryat al-Fāw Late Sabaean: 5th and 6th centuries AD. Minaean: (also called Madhabian): the language of the city states in al-Jawf − with the exception of...
of the Minaean Kingdom in the 1st century BCE, Qarnāwu lost its importance, and was probably abandoned not long after. MinaeansMinaeanLanguage Ancient...
initially to have referred to the mountain of Jabal al-Khuraybah. In Minaeanlanguage inscriptions, the two terms appear together, the former indicating...
Nashan (Minaean: 𐩬𐩦𐩬 romanized: NŠN, Našān; modern day Kharbat Al-Sawda', Arabic: خربة السوداء, romanized: Ḵirba al-Sawdāʾ) is the name of an ancient...
its columns are still erect. The city is mentioned in a number of Minaeanlanguage temple stelae across southern Arabia. From 1989-90 and 2003-07, a team...
Qatabānian also has another word for "one", ˤs1tn, which is cognate with the Minaean ˤs1t (and with forms in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Hebrew). The Qatabānian...
Egypt. It was the first of the South Arabian kingdoms to end, and the Minaeanlanguage died around 100 CE. The Ḥimyarites eventually united Southwestern Arabia...
extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes...
languages: b-y-s2ṭ "he trades" (Qatabānian). With the meaning of the perfect: w-y-qr zydʾl b-wrḫh ḥtḥr "Zaid'il died in the month of Hathor" (Minaean)...
Harari is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken by the Harari people of Ethiopia. According to the 2007 Ethiopian census, it is spoken by 25,810 people...
settlements and city states. Inscriptions in all four towns are in the Minaeanlanguage. Norbert Nebes: Itaʾamar der Sabäer: Zur Datierung der Monumentalinschrift...
Hebrew, and Nabatean, which is closely related to the Southern Semitic languagesMinaean, Sabaean, Qatabanian, Awsanian, Hadhrami, Ethiopic, and Himyarite...
Nashaq (Minaean: 𐩬𐩦𐩤 romanized: Nšq; modern day Kharbat Al-Bayda', Arabic: خربة البيضاء) is the name of an ancient South Arabian city in the northern...
Arabian – Old South Arabian languages including Himyaritic, Hadhramautic, Minaean, Sabaean and Qatabanic; also the Ethiopic language Geʽez. Aramaic, including...
spoke an Semitic language of their own, Himyaritic. Each of these peoples had regional kingdoms in ancient Yemen, with the Minaeans in Wādī al-Jawf to...
Hebrew language spoken today. Developed as part of Hebrew's revival in the late 19th century and early 20th century, it is the official language of the...
in the early or late 5th century BCE, the Ḥaḍramites, Qatabānians and Minaeans together rejected the hegemony of Sabaʾ to instead became the dominant...
independent from Saba and established themselves in the Yemeni arena. Minaean rule stretched as far as Dedan, with their capital at Baraqish. The Sabaeans...
the days of the Minaeans. It was mentioned that they attacked with the Sabeans a Minaean caravan led by 'Kabiran', and the Minaeans praised their gods...
features with the Old South Arabian languages (Epigraphic South Arabian), as spoken by the ancient Sabaeans, Minaeans, and Qatabanians. Additionally, many...
extinct languages of Asia, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendant. There are 144 languages listed...
Sin (Mesopotamian mythology) God Ta'lab (Arabian mythology) God Wadd (Minaean mythology) God Yarikh (Amorite and Ugaritic mythology) God Ay Ata God Andriambahomanana...
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