{"id":34349,"date":"2022-01-08T12:10:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=34349"},"modified":"2022-01-08T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:10:14","slug":"signboards-of-an-ancient-arabian-language-are-now-all-over-alula-and-theres-a-legit-reason-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/latest\/signboards-of-an-ancient-arabian-language-are-now-all-over-alula-and-theres-a-legit-reason-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Signboards Of An Ancient Arabian Language Are Now All Over AlUla And There&#8217;s A Legit Reason Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been to AlUla recently chances are that you\u2019ve come across signboards in some illegible script. We did some trawling on Twitter and finally have the answers.<\/p>\n<p>AlUla is inextricably linked to its illustrious Dadanitic heritage.<\/p>\n<h2>The people back then didn\u2019t speak Arabic; ancient inscriptions of which there is no shortage of here are found in Aramaic, Minaic, Dadanitic, Nabataean and even Greek.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jabal Ikmah, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>It is a mountain near to the ancient city of Dadan, the capital of Dadanite and Lihyanite Kingdoms, has been described as a huge open-air library.<\/p>\n<p>Images: Richard Mortel<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AncientSiteSunday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AncientSiteSunday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/84OcZ8ruvK\">pic.twitter.com\/84OcZ8ruvK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Digital Maps of the Ancient World (@DigitalMapsAW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DigitalMapsAW\/status\/1472677422852157445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Saudi Arabia is now attempting to revive the old Dadanitic script.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Script revitalization can begin in the most unexpected places. These are Saudi Arabia recycling bins with instructions in the Dedanitic script. The Dedanitic script was in use during the second half of the first millennium BC in the oasis of Dadan (modern al-Ula). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TCUJGl3p3M\">pic.twitter.com\/TCUJGl3p3M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Brookes (@EndangeredAlpha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndangeredAlpha\/status\/1474826251386990601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>It\u00a0looks pretty cool, huh?<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This also is in Al-Ula using the same script, and it says: \u201cAl-Ula triumphs its way towards a more dazzling time\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IDb9WjXSl3\">https:\/\/t.co\/IDb9WjXSl3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TDvdptNGsk\">pic.twitter.com\/TDvdptNGsk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riri (@supprimeac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/supprimeac\/status\/1474986980220051458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>A Twitter user shared an image of a keyboard for this script that\u2019s under development.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Old North Arabian keyboard for Android that I am developing. No ETA yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ONA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ONA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Android?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Android<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/keyboard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#keyboard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OldNorthArabian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OldNorthArabian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Unicode?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Unicode<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xmbNkPSPeO\">pic.twitter.com\/xmbNkPSPeO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud802\ude85\ud802\ude80\ud802\ude88 \ud802\ude91\ud802\ude81\ud802\ude89 (@WahbAllat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WahbAllat\/status\/1471918100266328066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>A language institute has opened in AlUla recently and one of the languages being thought there is the language of the Nabataeans.<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Delighted to attend the opening of the Al Ula Languages Institute tonight. Teaching English, French, Mandarin, Arabic and Nabatean, it will help create local jobs and improve the experience for tourists coming to see the beautiful sites in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlUla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AlUla<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EducationisGREAT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EducationisGREAT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RCU_SA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RCU_SA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OdLd9q5JE2\">pic.twitter.com\/OdLd9q5JE2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil Crompton (@UKAmbKSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKAmbKSA\/status\/1455251099179536389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve been to AlUla recently chances are that you\u2019ve come across signboards in some illegible script. 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