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Western dialect of Aramaic used by the Nabateans This article is about the language originating in the Nabataean Kingdom . Nabataean Aramaic is the extinct Aramaic variety used in inscriptions by the Nabataeans of the East Bank of the Jordan River , the Negev , and the Sinai Peninsula . Compared with other varieties of Aramaic, it is notable for the occurrence of a number of loanwords and grammatical borrowings from Arabic or other North Arabian languages . Attested from the 2nd century BC onwards in several dozen longer dedicatory and funerary inscriptions and a few legal documents from the period of the Nabataean Kingdom , Nabataean Aramaic remained in use for several centuries after the kingdom's annexation by the Roman Empire in 106 AD. Over time, the distinctive Nabataean script was increasingly used to write texts in the Arabic language. As a result, its latest stage gave rise to the earliest form of the Arabic script , known as Nabataeo-Arabic . The phonology of Nabataean Aramaic can only be reconstructed in part, based on the mostly consonantal Nabataean script and comparison with other kinds of Aramaic. Similarly, its morphology and syntax are incompletely attested, but are mostly comparable to other varieties of Aramaic from this period. The Nabataean lexicon is also largely Aramaic in origin, with notable borrowings from Arabic , Greek , and other languages.
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The Nabataean language was a Semitic language and was the written language of the Nabataeans .
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The Nabataean language was a western Aramaic dialect and was the language of the Nabataeans of the Negev , east bank of the Jordan , and the Sinai Peninsula .During the early Islamic era , some Arab historians applied this terms collectively to other eastern Aramaic languages in the Babylonian alluvial plain of Iraq and the Syrian Desert .These areas became Arabized during the Caliphate , and partly before in some areas.
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Nabataean Aramaic was the Western Aramaic variety used in inscriptions by the Nabataeans of the Negev , the east bank of the Jordan River and the Sinai Peninsula .During the early Islamic Golden Age , Arab historians applied the term "Nabataean" to other, eastern Aramaic languages in the Babylonian alluvial plain of Iraq and the Syrian Desert .
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Variety of Aramaic This article is about the language originating in the Nabataean Kingdom .Nabataean Aramaic is the extinct Aramaic variety used in inscriptions by the Nabataeans of the East Bank of the Jordan River , the Negev , and the Sinai Peninsula .Compared with other varieties of Aramaic, it is notable for the occurrence of a number of loanwords and grammatical borrowings from Arabic or other North Arabian languages .Attested from the 2nd century BC onwards in several dozen longer dedicatory and funerary inscriptions and a few legal documents from the period of the Nabataean Kingdom , Nabataean Aramaic remained in use for several centuries after the kingdom's annexation by the Roman Empire in 106 AD.Over time, the distinctive Nabataean script was increasingly used to write texts in the Arabic language.As a result, its latest stage gave rise to the earliest form of the Arabic script .The phonology of Nabataean Aramaic can only be reconstructed in part, based on the mostly consonantal Nabataean script and comparison with other kinds of Aramaic.Similarly, its morphology and syntax are incompletely attested, but are mostly comparable to other varieties of Aramaic from this period.The Nabataean lexicon is also largely Aramaic in origin, with notable borrowings from Arabic , Greek , and other languages.
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semitic language and was the written language of the nabataeans
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extinct aramaic variety used in inscriptions by the nabataean arabs of transjordan
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