South Semitic is a putative branch of the Semitic languages, themselves part of the larger Afroasiatic language family found in Africa and Western Asia. The grouping is controversial, and several alternative classifications supplanting South Semitic have been proposed in recent decades.
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Proto-Language StatusDisputed grouping; South Semitic is treated as a putative branch, and several alternative classifications replacing it have been proposed in recent decades. 1 Source states the grouping itself, not only its internal branching, is controversial and contested among linguists. RegionYemen, Oman, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan 1 In the Other Atlases
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Source South Semitic languages, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articleQuote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
South Semitic is a putative branch of the Semitic languages, which form a branch of the larger Afroasiatic language family, found in (North and East) Africa and Western Asia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source South Semitic languages, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articleQuote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
South Semitic is a putative branch of the Semitic languages, which form a branch of the larger Afroasiatic language family, found in (North and East) Africa and Western Asia.
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1. South Semitic languages, Wikipedia
Infobox, Geographic distribution
Geographic distribution: Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan
Introduction, sentence 2
The grouping is controversial and several alternate classifications supplanting South Semitic have been proposed in recent decades.
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