Nabataean Arabic
| Nabataean Arabic | |
|---|---|
| Nabatean, Northern Arabian Middle Aramaic | |
| Region | Levant, Sinai Peninsula and northwestern Arabia |
| Era | 4th century BCE to 1st century CE |
| Nabataean | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
qhy-nor | |
| Glottolog | None |
Nabataean Arabic was the dialect of Arabic spoken by the Nabataeans in antiquity.
In the first century AD, the Nabataeans wrote their inscriptions, such as the legal texts carved on the façades of the monumental tombs at Mada'in Salih, ancient Ḥegrā, in Nabataean Aramaic.
It is probable, however, that some or all of them, possibly in varying proportion depending on the region of the Nabataean Kingdom where they lived, spoke Arabic.
The term Nabataean Arabic may also refer to the script that succeeded Nabataean Aramaic and preceded Paleo-Arabic.