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| Minaean | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Yemen |
| Ethnicity | Minaeans |
| Era | 800 BC – 100 AD |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Ancient South Arabian | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:inm – Minaeanxha – Harami |
inm.html Minaean | |
xha Harami | |
| Glottolog | mina1279 Minaean |
The Minaean language (also Minaic, Madhabaic or Madhābic) was an Old South Arabian or Ṣayhadic language spoken in Yemen in the times of the Old South Arabian civilisation. The main area of its use may be located in the al-Jawf region of North-East Yemen, primarily in the Wādī Madhāb. Most of texts in this language were composed by the Minaeans, but the other civil-temple communities of the Wādī Madhāb (Nashshan, Kaminahu, Ḥaram, and Inabba') also used it as a literary medium.