Safaitic

Safaitic
Safaitic;
Script type	Abjad
Time period	1st century BCE to 4th century CE
Languages	Old Arabic
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic script South Semitic script Safaitic; ;
Sister systems	Ancient North Arabian, Ancient South Arabian script, Ge'ez script
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Safaitic (Arabic: ٱلصَّفَائِيَّة Al-Ṣafāʾiyyah) is a variety of the South Semitic scripts used by the Arabs in southern Syria and northern Jordan in the Ḥarrah region, to carve rock inscriptions in various dialects of Old Arabic and Ancient North Arabian. The Safaitic script is a member of the Ancient North Arabian (ANA) sub-grouping of the South Semitic script family, the genetic unity of which has yet to be demonstrated.^[1]

^ Al-Jallad, Ahmad. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Brill. pp. 1–22. doi:10.1163/9789004289826_002.

[:0-1] Al-Jallad, Ahmad. An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions. Brill. pp. 1–22. doi:10.1163/9789004289826_002.

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