Sabaean
Conjugate VerbsFacts
- Language: Sabaean
- Alternate names: Sabaic
- Language code: xsa
- Language family: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, West Semitic, Central Semitic, Sayhadic
- Number of speakers: Extinct
- Script:
More information:
Introduction
Sabaean is an ancient language of Yemen spoken by the Sabaeans 100 BC - 600 AD. It was used as a written language by some other peoples ("sha`bs") of Ancient Yemen, including the Hashidites, Sirwahites, Humlanites, Ghaymanites, Himyarites, Radmanites etc.
The alphabet
Sabaean was written in the South Arabian alphabet.
The verb
Sample verb: h̠dʿ
Simple imperfect
| sg.1 | ? |
| sg.2 m | ? |
| sg.2 f | ? |
| sg.3 m | yh̠dʿ |
| sg.3 f | th̠dʿ |
| du.1 | ? |
| du.2 m | ? |
| du.2 f | ? |
| du.3 m | yh̠dʿy |
| du.3 f | th̠dʿy |
| pl.1 | ? |
| pl.2 m | ? |
| pl.2 f | ? |
| pl.3 m | yh̠dʿw |
| pl.3 f | th̠dʿn |
N-imperfect
| sg.1 | ? |
| sg.2 m | ? |
| sg.2 f | ? |
| sg.3 m | yh̠dʿn |
| sg.3 f | th̠dʿn |
| du.1 | ? |
| du.2 m | ? |
| du.2 f | ? |
| du.3 m | yh̠dʿnn |
| du.3 f | th̠dʿnn |
| pl.1 | ? |
| pl.2 m | ? |
| pl.2 f | ? |
| pl.3 m | yh̠dʿnn |
| pl.3 f | yh̠dʿnn |
Verblist
- 𐩪𐩡𐩣
- 𐩪𐩨𐩺
- 𐩮𐩢𐩰
- 𐩹𐩫𐩧
- 𐩺𐩵𐩲