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Safaitic (Arabic: صفوية or صفائية‎) is the name given to an Old North Arabian dialect preserved in the form of inscriptions which are written in a type of South Semitic script. These inscriptions were written by bedouin and semi-nomadic inhabitants of the Syro-Arabian desert. Dating of the inscriptions although problematic is conventionally placed between the 1st century BC and the 4th century AD.

family
Semitic languages, Central Semitic languages, Ancient North Arabian, Arabic languages
spoken in
Arabian Peninsula, Syria

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