Hasaitic
Ancient North Arabian dialect
Hasaitic is an Ancient North Arabian dialect attested in inscriptions in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia at Thaj, Hinna, Qatif, Ras Tanura, Abqaiq in the al-Hasa region, Ayn Jawan, Mileiha and at Uruk. It is written in the Monumental South Arabian script and dates from the 5th to 2nd centuries BC.
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- Tablet in Qatif, Saudi Arabia 013.png by P. B. Cornwall, Public domain
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