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Sabaean language

LC control no.sh 98000731
LC classificationPJ6958
Topical headingSabaean language
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Variant(s)Sabaic language
Sabean language
See alsoEpigraphic South Arabian language
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Yemen (Republic)--Languages
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Found inWork cat.: 96-122366: Korotayev, A. Ancient Yemen, 1995: t.p. (Sabaic language)
Biella, J. Dictionary of Old South Arabic, 1982: t.p. (Sabaean dialect)
Conversation with J. Biella, author of Dictionary of Old South Arabic, Feb. 10, 1998 (despite usage in her book, Sabaean is better characterized as a language than as a dialect)
Britannica Micro.: v. 11, p. 38 (Sabaean dialect)
Britannica Macro.: v. 22, p. 743 (Sabaean dialect) v. 13, p. 815 (Yemen was inhabited by four major groups, among them Sabaeans)
Curr. trends ling.: v. 6, p. 507 (Sabaean dialect)
Voegelin lang.: p. 304 (Sabaean dialect; Sabean dialect)
Beeston, A. Sabaic dictionary, 1982 (Sabaic)
International encyclopedia of linguistics, 1992: p. 413 (Sabaean) p. 417 ("a variety of ancient South Arabian, known from epigraphic sources")
Not found inRuhlen world lang.; Ethnologue; Encyclopedia of language and linguistics, 1994