Safaitic
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Safaitic (Arabic: ٱلصَّفَائِيَّة Al-Ṣafāʾiyyah) is a variety of the South Semitic scripts used by the Arabs in southern Syria and northern Jordan in Ḥarrah region, to carve rock inscriptions in various dialects of Old Arabic and Ancient North Arabian. The Safaitic script is a member of the Ancient North Arabian (ANA) sub-grouping of the South Semitic script family, the genetic unity of which has yet to be demonstrated.[1]
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Time period | 1st century BCE to 4th century CE |
Languages | Old Arabic |
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Sister systems | Ancient North Arabian, Ancient South Arabian script, Ge'ez script |
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