A Famous bilingual Hasaitic-Aramaic gravestone discovered in Mleiha, UAE🇦🇪

This gravestone is from the Pre-Islamic period. Before the Muslim Conquests & Arabization, the Natives of the East Gulf region (UAE) spoke Hasaitic & Aramaic.
Hasaitic may have survived into the Islamic period. Syriac (8th-9th c.) commentaries on the Bible mention a language in the East Gulf region called 'Qaṭrayith'.

No evidence of Pre-Islamic Arabic has been discovered in the UAE. Arabic was not spoken in the UAE before Islam.
Hasaitic may have survived into the Islamic period. Syriac (8th-9th c.) commentaries on the Bible mention a language in the East Gulf region called 'Qaṭrayith'.No evidence of Pre-Islamic Arabic has been discovered in the UAE. Arabic was not spoken in the UAE before Islam.
Hasaitic may have survived into the Islamic period. Syriac (8th-9th c.) commentaries on the Bible mention a language in the East Gulf region called 'Qaṭrayith'.No evidence of Pre-Islamic Arabic has been discovered in the UAE. Arabic was not spoken in the UAE before Islam.
Hasaitic may have survived into the Islamic period. Syriac (8th-9th c.) commentaries on the Bible mention a language in the East Gulf region called 'Qaṭrayith'.No evidence of Pre-Islamic Arabic has been discovered in the UAE. Arabic was not spoken in the UAE before Islam.
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