New South Arabic languages

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The New South Arabic languages

The New South Arabic languages are a small subgroup of the Semitic languages that have their home in the extreme south of the Arabian Peninsula . They include Mehri , Jibbāli (also Śḥeri ), Ḥarsūsi , Hóbyót , Bathari and Soqoṭri , the language of Socotra . These languages ​​are neither New Arabic dialects nor descendants of Old South Arabic . Mehri, Ḥarsūsi, and Bathari are closely related; Jibbāli and Soqoṭri are also likely to form a group. The languages ​​are only documented to a limited extent. While there are several grammars, text collections and dictionaries for the Mehri, Hóbyót and Bathari have so far hardly been documented.

literature

  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle: Modern South Arabian . In: Stefan Weninger (Ed.): The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook . De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin 2011, ISBN 3-11-018613-6 , pp. 1073-1113 .

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