Phrase guide
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Sound
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adj
related to the Ancient North Arabian script or language(s)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
A branch of South Semitic abjads used in northern and central Arabia and southern Syria from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE.
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name
A hypothetical Central Semitic language, language group or dialects, expressed by these scripts and closely related to Old Arabic.
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History
Attested since 1904. Calque of German Alt-Nord-Arabisch (itself from 1870s), which corresponds to Altnordarabisch in modern orthography
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
