id
	15035
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/15035
Resource template
	Book Section
Resource class
	bibo:BookSection
Title
	What is Ancient North Arabian?
Creator
	al-Jallad, Ahmad
Publisher
	Harrassowitz Verlag
Date
	2018
Language
	eng
Abstract
	The biggest barrier to understanding the linguistic diversity of pre–Islamic Arabia has traditionally been the dearth of sources. Scholars had only the fragmentary accounts of medieval Muslim scholars to rely upon. These presented the Arabian Peninsula as more or less linguistically homogenous – Arabic was spoken across its vast territory, with the exception of the southwestern corner where Ḥimyaritic still held sway. And even the few surviving remarks about Ḥimyaritic made it seem like an exotic Arabic dialect rather than an independent language.
Is Part Of
	Re- engaging Comparative Semitic and Arabic Studies
Spatial Coverage
	Wiesbaden
Cited by
	13609
Editor
	Birnstiel, Daniel
	Pat-El, Na‘ama
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvcm4fp0.4
Pages
	1-43
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/EWJK77SA/item-list
Number
	115
In series
	Abhandlunden für die Kunde des Morgenlandes Band

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