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Minaean

Minaean was an Afro-Asiatic language once spoken in Yemen.

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The Minaean language (also Minaic, Madhabaic or Madhābic) was an Ancient South Arabian or 'Ṣayhadic' language spoken in Yemen in ancient times. The main area of its use may be located in what is now al-Jawf Governorate in northeastern Yemen, primarily in the Wadi Madhāb.

Most of texts in this language were composed by the people of Ma'in, but other civil-temple communities of the Wadi Madhāb (Nashshan, Kaminahu, Ḥaram, and Inabba') also used it as a literary medium.

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Words in Minaean

MeaningWordRomanization
father𐩱𐩨ʾb
hand𐩺𐩵yd

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