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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/37221| Title: | South Arabian loanwords |
| Other Titles: | Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics |
| Authors: | Zammit, Martin R. |
| Keywords: | Arabic language Arabian Peninsula -- History Arabian Peninsula -- Languages |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | Brill |
| Citation: | Zammit, M. R. (2009). South Arabian loanwords. In K. Versteegh (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (pp. 295-297). Boston: Brill. |
| Abstract: | Pre-Islamic Arabia was far from immune from cultural and linguistic influences exerted by two prestigious cultural centers, namely the Fertile Crescent in the north and the Yemen in the south (Beeston 1981:180). The material civilization of the Yemenite kingdoms of Saba', Ma'in, Qataban, and Hadramawt, renowned for their achievements in agriculture, administration, architecture, and commerce, undoubtedly attracted the Arabs' attention. Robin (1991-1993:72, 77) reports that, as early as the 6th century B.C.E., Arab nomads are mentioned in a Minean inscription, and that by the 2nd century B.C.E. a number of Arabs had settled in the Yemenite heartland. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37221 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtMEALC |
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