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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mystery Solver: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sundiata: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mystery Solver: ^I fear this topic may start to go on a cycle - these questions have already been dealt with from the beginning of this thread, where the following were cited, to show the 'complexity' latent in the reference to the Epigraphic scripts in Ethiopia and Yemen [more or less contemporaneous dates attributed to scripts in either region] as 'South Arabian Epigraphic script'... [i]"The inscriptions dating from this period in Ethiopia are apparently written in two languages, [b]**pure** Sabaean[/b] and [b]another **language**[/b] with [b]certain aspects[/b] found [b]later[/b] in [b]Ge`ez[/b] (Schneider 1976). All the royal inscriptions are in this second, [b]presumably Ethiopian[/b], language.[/i] - Stuart Munro-Hay "...it is a simple fact that the script underlying the Ethiopic was devised for a language richer in consonants than Ge`ez; when some of the consonantal phonemes (**laryngeals, sibilants**) merged in Ge`ez, the letters for them were retained in the script even though the scribes could not know from the sound of a word which letter to write it with..." - P.T. Daniels. [b]Originally posted by Mystery Solver:[/b] [i]...the "Epigraphic South Arabian" scripts found in Ethiopia, are written both in pure Sabean, and some unidentified, presumably local Ethiopic language. Why is that? Have you identified some Ethiopic language in "Sabean/ESA" script in South Arabia? If not, Why?[/i] It is important to follow the flow of the discussion from the beginning, even if it had occurred in one's absence, because like I said, it threatens to hinder the progress of the discussion in moving forward, by going back to issues that could have easily been referenced from prior exchanges under the topic. Of course, anything new related - but not brought to attention yet in the ongoing discussion, is quite welcome[/QUOTE]My mistake for passing by the relevant information, and thanx for addressing my question nonetheless...[/QUOTE]Please take note that I'm not questioning the legitimacy of the question [which it is] - just concerned about the prospect of not progressing beyond what had been covered. Personally, I feel there is much more that needs to be learnt about the Epigraphic scripts [ultimately derived from "proto-Sinaitic/proto-Canaanite" type scripture, the oldest examples of which were uncovered in the Upper Nile Valley] in Ethiopia and south Arabia before any seemingly one-sided appellation like "South Arabian", or what have you, is attached, but I can see the rationale behind the inclination to call it such, besides 'diffusionist models' motivated by Eurocentrism to make 'indigenous Africans' receivers of advanced culture rather than agents of such. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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