Modern South Arabian languages

group of endangered languages along the coasts of the Guardafui Channel

The Modern South Arabian, or Eastern South Semitic, languages are a branch of Semitic languages. They are spoken by a small number of people in Southern Arabia in the countries of Yemen and Oman, as well as Socotra Island.[1][2]

Modern South Arabian
Geographic
distribution:
Yemen, Oman
Linguistic classification:Afro-Asiatic
Subdivisions:

References change

  1. Simeone-Senelle, Marie-Claude (1997). The Modern South Arabian Languages Archived 2020-07-09 at the Wayback Machine. In Hetzron, R. (ed.). 1997. The Semitic Languages. London: Routledge, p. 378-423.
  2. Rendsburg, Gary A. Modern South Arabian as a source for Ugaritic etymologies.