Old Hijazi Arabic
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Old Hejazi, is a variety of Old Arabic attested in Hejaz (the western part of Saudi Arabia) from about the 1st century to the 7th century. It is the variety thought to underlie the Quranic Consonantal Text (QCT) and in its later iteration was the prestige spoken and written register of Arabic in the Umayyad Caliphate.
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Old Hejazi Arabic | |
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Qurayshi Arabic | |
Region | Hejaz (Saudi Arabia) |
Era | 1st century to 7th century |
Afroasiatic
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Dadanitic, Arabic, Greek | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
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