Modern South Arabian languages

E68212

Semitic languages language family

Modern South Arabian languages are a small group of endangered Semitic languages spoken primarily in Yemen and Oman, distinct from both Arabic and the ancient South Arabian languages.

Aliases (3)

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Semitic languages → language family →
areaOfStudy	Afroasiatic linguistics → Semitic linguistics →
country	Oman → Yemen →
distinctFrom	Arabic language → Old South Arabian languages →
endangeredStatus	endangered →
hasAlternativeName	MSA languages → Modern South Arabian →
hasNotableLanguage	Mehri language → Soqotri language →
hasPart	Bathari language → Harsusi language → Hobyot language → Mehri language → Shehri language → Soqotri language →
historicalContinuity	not direct descendants of Old South Arabian →
ISO639Grouping	Modern South Arabian →
languageFamilyDivision	Eastern Modern South Arabian → Western Modern South Arabian →
linguisticFeature	Semitic root-and-pattern system → emphatic consonants → nonconcatenative morphology → rich consonant inventory →
numberOfLanguages	6 →
partOf	South Semitic branch →
primaryLanguageContact	Arabic language →
region	Southern Arabian Peninsula →
researchedBy	linguists →
spokenIn	Dhofar Governorate → Mahra Governorate → Socotra Archipelago →
status	under-documented →
subclassOf	Afroasiatic languages → South Semitic languages →
threatenedBy	Arabic language shift →
typologicalFeature	subject–verb–object word order (SVO) → verb–subject–object word order (VSO) →
usedBy	Mahri people → Shehri people → Soqotri people →
writingSystem	Arabic script →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Modern South Arabian languages ("Eastern Modern South Arabian") → Modern South Arabian languages ("Western Modern South Arabian") →	languageFamilyDivision
Modern South Arabian languages ("Modern South Arabian") →	hasAlternativeName
Semitic languages →	hasSubfamily
South Semitic languages →	hasSubgroup
South Semitic languages →	includesModernLanguages
Modern South Arabian languages ("Modern South Arabian") →	ISO639Grouping
Socotra →	languageFamily