Back لغات سامية جنوبية Arabic Llingües semítiques meridionales AST سامی جنوبی AZB Yezhoù semitek ar su Breton Llengües semítiques meridionals Catalan South Semitic languages English Lenguas semíticas meridionales Spanish زبانهای سامی جنوبی Persian Langues sémitiques du Sud French Súdsemityske talen Frisian
| South Semitic | |
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| Geographic distribution: | Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, Eritrea |
| Linguistic classification: | Afro-Asiatic
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| Subdivisions: |
Eastern (Modern South Arabian)
Western (Old South Arabian, Ethiopian Semitic languages
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The South Semitic languages are a branch of Semitic languages. They are mainly spoken in East Africa and Southern Arabia. Linguists do not agree on where South Semitic languages come from. Some say they came from Ethiopia, while others say Southern Arabia.[1] A recent study found that they probably came from Southern Arabia.[2] There are two branches of South Semitic languages.
- ↑ Bender, L (1997), "Upside Down Afrasian", Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere 50, pp. 19-34
- ↑ Kitchen, Andrew, Christopher Ehret, et al. 2009. "Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Semitic languages identifies an Early Bronze Age origin of Semitic in the Near East." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 no. 1665 (June 22)