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Old Arabic: Prayer inscription at Bayir, Jordan [45] It is a bi-lingual inscription written in Old Arabic which was written in the undifferentiated North Arabian script (known as Thamudic B) and Canaanite which remains undeciphered. c. 700 BC: Etruscan: Proto-Corinthian vase found at Tarquinia [46] 7th century BC: Latin
Old Latin (also called Early Latin or Archaic Latin) refers to the period of Latin texts before the age of Classical Latin, extending from textual fragments that probably originated in the Roman monarchy to the written language of the late Roman Republic about 75 BC. Almost all the writing of its earlier phases is inscriptional.
The Latin alphabet is also used for many Austronesian languages, including Tagalog and the other languages of the Philippines, and the official Malaysian and Indonesian, replacing earlier Arabic and Brahmic scripts. In 1928, as part of Kemal Atatürk's reforms, Turkey adopted the Latin alphabet for the Turkish language, replacing the Arabic ...
Arabic is currently the native language of majorities from Mauritania to Oman, and from Iraq to Sudan. Classical Arabic is the language of the Quran. It is also studied widely in the non-Arabic-speaking Muslim world. The Maltese language is a descendant of the extinct Siculo-Arabic, a variety of Maghrebi Arabic formerly spoken in Sicily.
There was never an official language of the empire, however, Latin and Greek were the main languages. [16] During the early years of the Roman Empire, educated nobles often relied on their knowledge of Greek to meet societal expectations, and knowledge of Latin was useful for a career in the military, government, or law. [17]
Modern languages. Modern Arabic [1] < Classical Arabic ( 7th-10th century AD) < Old Arabic (5th century BC. -6th AD) < Proto-Arabic < Central Proto-Semitic; Coptic (3rd-17th century) [2] < Egyptian demotic (4th BC – 1st century AD) < Late Ancient Egyptian (c. 1350-700 BC) < Classical Egyptian (c. 2000-1350 BC) < Archaic Egyptian (3300-2000 BC)
Latin (lingua Latina or Latinum [I]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. [1]
Arabic influence on Nabataean Aramaic increased over time. Some Nabataean Aramaic inscriptions date from the early days of the kingdom, but most datable inscriptions are from the first four centuries AD. The language is written in a cursive script that was the precursor to the Arabic alphabet. After annexation by the Romans in 106 AD, most of ...