Talk:Sabaic

message: can somebody please add some info on the people who spoke the language? Gringo300 17:35, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I would be nice to show examples of how to speak it. And how it changed over the years. Plus also how we learned the Sabaean language.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.38.211.144 (talk) 20:55, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need more information 

message: Modern Ethiopic Semitic languages are influenced by the native Afro-Asiatic languages, which is similar to the South Semitic Afro-Asiatic varieties spoken in Ethiopia-Eritrea today.  Cadenas2008 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 00:36, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarifying South Semitic 2000 BC

message: The general scholarly (linguistic) consensus is to use the -ic endings for the languages and the other endings to refer to the state and people, hence: Sabaic, Minaic, etc. Should we move this page to Sabaic language? — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 17:21, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think "Sabaean" is the more common name. Jidan 22:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sabaic vs. Sabaean

message: The current sentence:
"...by the Sabaeans; it was used as a written language by some other peoples (sha`bs) of Ancient Yemen, including the Hashidites, Sirwahites, Humlanites, Ghaymanites, Himyarites, Radmanites etc. [1]. It was written in the South Arabian alphabet."
This seems unnecessary long and being on the edge of making mistakes on the meaning of these 'scientific words'. The author seems to try and make sure not to make a mistake, but because of that he made it unnecessary complex without adding any decent amount of new and valuable information. Also all these ethnicities, tribes, (or whatever word you want to use) only add confusion to people who didn't have already read a lot on Sabaic language and Sabaean culture and history. Let's be frank, this article is a very simple and short explanation on the Sabaic language, anyone with some reading done on the subject has no use for it. So let's make it clear for people with almost no knowledge or understanding of the subject. This doesn't mean we have to make it less informative or correct.
Hence I suggest rewriting it to something along the line of this.
...by the Sabaeans, an ancient south Arabian people living in and around the city of current day Marib or ancient Maryab. As the Sabaean commonwealth expanded, the language got spread and adopted in their long time possessions which encompass most of Northwest Yemen."
While not only more clear for people it also makes a more correct use of words. Though perhaps less concrete it's not less accurate, as the tribes named in the original are not all of the about 12 tribes who spoke Sabaic. Also the word sha'b is confusing as it can refer to three distinct levels of social-political organisation. Also the mention of Sirwahites is practically redundant as they were not a distinct people but just plain Sabaeans, Sirwah even was the capital of the Sabaeans before Maryab. Also I'm not too sure if the Himyarites, who were long time part of the Qatabanic federation, actually spoke or wrote Sabaic. They lived the furthest away from Maryab of all Yemenites living west of the Sayhad and weere under Qatabanic rule for multiple centuries, hence they'd probably spoke Qatabanic. I can't say I'm 100% sure, but I think even when they later become independent they still used Qatabanic (late Qatabanic at this time though). The only Sabaic they spoke was probably the title of their king (mlk) who took the Sabaic title for reasons of justification and personal grandeur. Titirius (talk) 10:58, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  On the speakers of Sabaic 

message: Why aren't ejectives used here or presented as a possible realization of of the Empathic consonants?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by SonOfAxum (talk • contribs) 18:25, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ejectives?