Talk:Namara inscription

Latest comment: 2 years ago by 99.59.159.249 in topic Irfan Shahid's works

Arabic Not Aramaic

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the inscription is a little bit close to Aramaic but it's written in Arabic language, if you introduce it to any Arab person who is knowledgeable about Qura'an & classical Arabic then he will read it instantly

just because it used some Aramaic features that doesn't mean it's written in Aramaic

i suggest the editors to change the article information and write it's written in Arabic that's influenced by Aramaic

the script & Alphabet are Aramaic but the language is Arabic

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Omar amross (talkcontribs) 18:58, 27 January 2013 (UTC)Reply 

Irfan Shahid's works

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The introduction refers to one of Irfan Shahid's works. This author is not a reliable source since he is not a Semitic linguist. His works specifically dismiss the Aramaic language as Proto-Arabic. Fred Donner did an excellent review for his work and long story short: Amateurish pan-Arabist reflections to the past.

Reference: Donner, Fred M. "The early Islamic conquests." The Early Islamic Conquests. Princeton University Press, 2014. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.59.159.249 (talk) 20:32, 27 September 2022 (UTC)Reply