Writing Systems

HadramiinOld South Arabian

xhd·SarbAbjadRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language
ISO 639-3xhdStatusHistoricalScopeIndividualScripts used1
Script
ISO 15924SarbFamilySouth SemiticOriginMiddle East / East AfricaDirectionRight-to-leftStatusAncient scriptOpenType tagsarb

Old South Arabian (Musnad), used across the ancient Arabian Peninsula (c. 900 BCE – 600 CE). Ancestor of the Ethiopic (Ge'ez) script.

Other languages using Old South Arabian

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