Quote by James John Courtenay

““Nabataean (i.e., Syro-Arabian) people had a dialect differing somewhat from both Syriac and Arabic. Remains of this language are found in inscriptions in the Sinaitic peninsula and elsewhere, dating from the Persian period. The older form of this language is represented in the Babylonian Talmud.””

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