What is Modern South Arabian languages?
{{Infobox language family |name = Modern South Arabian |region = [[Yemen]], [[Oman]] |map = Modern South Arabian Languages.svg |familycolor = Afro-Asiatic |fam2 = [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] |fam3 = [[West Semitic languages|West Semitic]] |fam4 = [[South Semitic languages|South Semitic]] |child1 = [[Bathari language|Bathari]] |child2 = [[Harsusi language|Harsusi]] |child3 = [[Hobyót language|Hobyót]] |child4 = [[Mehri language|Mehri]] |child5 = [[Shehri language|Shehri]] |child6 = [[Soqotri language|Soqotri]] |glotto = mode1252 |glottorefname= Modern South Arabian }} 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]].<ref>Simeone-Senelle, Marie-Claude (1997). [http://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/PDF/Publications/Senelle/SAMLanguages.pdf The Modern South Arabian Languages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709234724/http://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/PDF/Publications/Senelle/SAMLanguages.pdf |date=2020-07-09 }}. In Hetzron, R. (ed.). 1997. The Semitic Languages. London: Routledge, p. 378-423.</ref><ref>Rendsburg, Gary A. [http://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/docman/rendsburg/59-modern-south-arabian-as-a-source-for-ugaritic-etymologies/file Modern South Arabian as a source for Ugaritic etymologies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216013724/https://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/docman/rendsburg/59-modern-south-arabian-as-a-source-for-ugaritic-etymologies/file |date=2022-12-16 }}.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Semitic languages]]