Sabaean language

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
שפה סבאית
Name (Latin)
Sabaean language
Name (Arabic)
اللغة السبئية
Other forms of name
Sabaic language
Sabean language
See Also From tracing topical name
Epigraphic South Arabian language
See Also From tracing place name
Yemen (Republic)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1070391
Library of congress: sh 98000731
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 96-122366: Korotayev, A. Ancient Yemen, 1995:t.p. (Sabaic language)
  • Biella, J. Dictionary of Old South Arabic, 1982:t.p. (Sabaean dialect)
  • Conversation with J. Biella, author of Dictionary of Old South Arabic, Feb. 10, 1998(despite usage in her book, Sabaean is better characterized as a language than as a dialect)
  • Britannica Micro.:v. 11, p. 38 (Sabaean dialect)
  • Britannica Macro.:v. 22, p. 743 (Sabaean dialect) v. 13, p. 815 (Yemen was inhabited by four major groups, among them Sabaeans)
  • Curr. trends ling.:v. 6, p. 507 (Sabaean dialect)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 304 (Sabaean dialect; Sabean dialect)
  • Beeston, A. Sabaic dictionary, 1982(Sabaic)
  • International encyclopedia of linguistics, 1992:p. 413 (Sabaean) p. 417 ("a variety of ancient South Arabian, known from epigraphic sources")