Proposed level of implementation and rationale Level 1 5a. Michael Everson 6b. Michael Everson 6c. South Arabian enjoys mostly scholarly use. Used to represent texts from the Sabaean and Minaean kingdoms in Southern Arabia, ca.
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Plane 1 5b. Rationale Accordance with the Roadmap. Additional contact to user communities, liaison organizations etc. The script known as South Arabian is related to the Sinaitic and early Semitic alphabets, but its shapes are remarkably unique for such a derivation. It is also an ancestor of the modern Ethiopic script.