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The '''Arabic''' language family consists of |
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*The [[Arabic macrolanguage]] ([[ISO 639-3]] [http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ara ara]), including the living [[varieties of Arabic]] as well as [[Classical Arabic]] and [[Standard Arabic]]. |
*The [[Arabic macrolanguage]] ([[ISO 639-3]] [http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ara ara]), including the living [[varieties of Arabic]] as well as [[Classical Arabic]] and [[Standard Arabic]]. |
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*a number of closely related extinct dialects of [[pre-Islamic Arabia]], summarized as '''Ancient''' or '''Old North Arabian''' ([[ISO 639-3]] [http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=xna xna]), including |
*a number of closely related extinct dialects of [[pre-Islamic Arabia]], summarized as '''Ancient''' or '''[[Old North Arabian]]''' ([[ISO 639-3]] [http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=xna xna]), including |
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**[[Safaitic]] |
**[[Safaitic]] |
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**Dedanitic/[[Lihyan]]itic (Dedanite/Lihyanite) |
**Dedanitic/[[Lihyan]]itic (Dedanite/Lihyanite) |
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Revision as of 06:34, 10 August 2007
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| Geographic distribution | Arabia, Arab world |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic |
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The Arabic language family consists of
- The Arabic macrolanguage (ISO 639-3 ara), including the living varieties of Arabic as well as Classical Arabic and Standard Arabic.
- a number of closely related extinct dialects of pre-Islamic Arabia, summarized as Ancient or Old North Arabian (ISO 639-3 xna), including
- Safaitic
- Dedanitic/Lihyanitic (Dedanite/Lihyanite)
- Thamudic
- Hasaitic
- The various Judeo-Arabic languages.
SIL Ethnologue unites Canaanite and Arabic in a South Central Semitic group together with Aramaic forming Central Semitic, but it is more common to unite Aramaic and Canaanite as Northwest Semitic.
Literature
- Lozachmeur, H., (ed.), (1995) Presence arabe dans le croissant fertile avant l'Hegire (Actes de la table ronde internationale Paris, 13 Novembre 1993) Paris: Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations. ISBN 286538 2540
- Macdonald, M.C.A., (2000) "Reflections on the linguistic map of pre-Islamic Arabia" Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 11(1), 28–79
- Scagliarini, F., (1999) "The Dedanitic inscriptions from Jabal 'Ikma in north-western Hejaz" Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 29, 143-150 ISBN 2-503-50829-4
- Winnett, F.V. and Reed, W.L., (1970) Ancient Records from North Arabia (Toronto: University of Toronto)