The #Lihyanites based in Biblical Dedan דדן (now al-Ula, Saudi Arabia) didn’t speak #Arabic. Arabic started appearing in #Hejaz after the #Nabateans annexed the #Kingdom of #Lihyan
My username 𐪅𐪀𐪈 𐪑𐪁𐪉 is in the Dedanitic script, which was used to write Arabic after #Arabization
#language #history #geography #saudiarabia #alula #arabization #Lihyan #kingdom #nabateans #Hejaz #arabic #lihyanites