Safaitic
| Safaitic | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
Period | 3rd century BCE to 4th century CE |
| Languages | Old Arabic |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Sister systems | Ancient North Arabian, Ancient South Arabian script, Ge'ez script |
Safaitic (Arabic: ٱلصَّفَائِيَّة Al-Ṣafāʾiyyah) is a variety of the South Semitic scripts used by the Arabs in southern Syria and northern Jordan in the Ḥarrah region, to carve rock inscriptions in various dialects of Old Arabic and Ancient North Arabian. The Safaitic script is a member of the Ancient North Arabian (ANA) sub-grouping of the South Semitic script family, the genetic unity of which has yet to be demonstrated.
The first attempt at a comprehensive Safaitic dictionary was published in 2019 by Ahmad Al-Jallad and Karolina Jaworska.