What is Ancient North Arabian?

Title: What is Ancient North Arabian?
Creator(s): al-Jallad, Ahmad
Editor(s): Birnstiel, Daniel; Pat-El, Na‘ama
Date: 2018
Is Part Of: Re- engaging Comparative Semitic and Arabic Studies
Number: 115
In Series: Abhandlunden für die Kunde des Morgenlandes Band
Pages: 1-43
Language: eng
Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag
Place Published: Wiesbaden
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvcm4fp0.4
Zotero BiDiAr: https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/EWJK77SA/item-list
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.
cited by: Building an ecosystem of digital resources on the written heritage of Ancient Arabia

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