4,636
edits
Old Hijazi: Difference between revisions
→First Islamic century Greek transcriptions
| [unchecked revision] | [unchecked revision] |
| Line 244: | Line 244: | ||
== First Islamic century Greek transcriptions == | == First Islamic century Greek transcriptions == | ||
These texts are mainly official documents belonging to the Umayyad caliphate which was founded by Muʕāwiyah, a companion of Muhammad. Although the Greek texts in these documents contain short Arabic phrases (mainly names and titles), they reveal that the documented dialect has the following features: | These texts are mainly official documents belonging to the Umayyad caliphate which was founded by Muʕāwiyah, a companion of Muhammad. Although the Greek texts in these documents contain short Arabic phrases (mainly names and titles), they reveal that the documented dialect has the following features: | ||