Dadanitic Revival in Saudi Arabia (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by PanArab@lemmy.ml to c/linguistics@lemmy.ml

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[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I gave Dadanitic a check, and apparently what's being revived is the script, no? Or is the language itself also being revived?

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[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

None of the signs if read as Arabic make sense but there are obvious cognates. It is being revived for tourism purposes, you wont see it used outside of Alula.

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[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the info!

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