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Hasaitic dialect

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Region
  
Arabia

Glottolog
  
hasa1249

Extinct
  
marginalized by Classical Arabic from the 7th century

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Arabic Old North Arabian Hasaitic

Writing system
  
Ancient North Arabian alphabet

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 Ancient North Arabian script and date from the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC.

References

Hasaitic dialect Wikipedia