Minaean language

Minaean
Minaean
Native to	Yemen
Ethnicity	Minaeans
Era	800 BC – 100 AD
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic South Western Old South Arabian Minaean; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Ancient South Arabian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; inm – Minaean; xha – Harami
Linguist List	inm.html Minaean
	xha Harami
Glottolog	mina1279 Minaean

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.