The Modern South Arabian languages, also known as the Eastern South Semitic languages, are a group of endangered languages spoken by small populations of the Arabian Peninsula, in Yemen and Oman, and on the island of Socotra. Together with the Ethiosemitic and Sayhadic languages, the Western branch, they form the South Semitic sub-branch of the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
Facts
RegionArabian Peninsula, in Yemen (including Socotra) and Oman 1 Proto-Language StatusReconstructed, Proto-Modern South Arabian reconstructions published by Roger Blench, 2019 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
Sources
1. Modern South Arabian languages, Wikipedia
Introduction
spoken by small populations inhabiting the Arabian Peninsula, in Yemen (including Socotra) and Oman
Reconstruction section
Proto-Modern South Arabian reconstructions by Roger Blench (2019)
View the SourceWikidata: Modern South Arabian
Wikidata Q1981908, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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