Himyaritic

English Alternative forms en Himjaritic Himyaric Himjaric Ḥimyaritic ḥimyaritic Etymology From en Himyarite ic. Pronunciation en /ˌhɪm.jəˈrɪ.tɪk/ en ɪtɪk 4 en Him ya ri tic Him ya rit ic Proper noun en obsolete Old South Arabian. to be expected till ca. 1950 en historiography Any language or dialect belonging to Himyarites and reported from an ancient Arabic perspective as peculiar. 257b 2 fr:Christian Robin Robin Christian If the traditional Arab and Islamic scholars are to be believed, the Ḥimyaritic language was incomprehensible to a speaker of Arabic. An imagined Semitic language belonging to the Himyarites who however generally wrote Sabaean. Adjective Related or belonging to the aforementioned language or language group. References en Extinct languages Language families