Qatabanian language
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| Qatabanian | |
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| Spoken in | Yemen |
| Native speakers | Extinct |
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Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xqt |
One of the four better documented languages of the Old South Arabian (or "Sayhadic") sub-group, Qatabanian (or Qatabanic) was used in Yemen between 800 BC and 200 AD, mainly (but not exclusively) in the Kingdom of Qataban.
[edit] References
- Leonid Kogan and Andrey Korotayev: Sayhadic Languages (Epigraphic South Arabian). Semitic Languages. London: Routledge, 1997, p. 157-183.
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