Qatabanian language
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One of the four better documented languages of the Old South Arabian
Old South Arabian
Old South Arabian is the term used to describe four extinct, closely related languages spoken in the far southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. There were a number of other Sayhadic languages , of which very little evidence survived, however...

 (or "Sayhadic") sub-group, Qatabanian (or Qatabanic) was used in Yemen between 800 BC and 200 AD, mainly (but not exclusively) in the Kingdom of Qataban
Qataban
Qataban was one of the ancient Yemeni kingdoms. Its heartland was located in the Baihan valley. Like some other Southern Arabian kingdoms it gained great wealth from the trade of frankincense and myrrh incense which were burned at altars...

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