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Modern South Arabian

Modern South Arabian proper noun: an independent branch in the Semitic languages, niece to the Old South Arabian lects, situated in the east of Yemen and in Oman, the largest being the Mehri language extending over both countries with a six-digit speaker number, bordering, while thus embosoming the intermediary Hobyot, the Shehri (syn.: Jibbali) language in Oman, and further containing the small Bathari and Harsusi languages in Oman, + the larger Soqotri language on Soqotra.

Proper noun

Modern South Arabian

  1. An independent branch in the Semitic languages, niece to the Old South Arabian lects, situated in the east of Yemen and in Oman, the largest being the Mehri language extending over both countries with a six-digit speaker number, bordering, while thus embosoming the intermediary Hobyot, the Shehri (syn.: Jibbali) language in Oman, and further containing the small Bathari and Harsusi languages in Oman, + the larger Soqotri language on Soqotra.

Adjective

Modern South Arabian (not comparable)

  1. Related or belonging to the aforementioned language group

Questions about Modern South Arabian

What does Modern South Arabian mean?
Modern South Arabian means an independent branch in the Semitic languages, niece to the Old South Arabian lects, situated in the east of Yemen and in Oman, the largest being the Mehri language extending over both countries with a six-digit speaker number, bordering, while thus embosoming the intermediary Hobyot, the Shehri (syn.: Jibbali) language in Oman, and further containing the small Bathari and Harsusi languages in Oman, + the larger Soqotri language on Soqotra.
What part of speech is Modern South Arabian?
Modern South Arabian can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Modern South Arabian in the dictionary

  1. Modern Portuguese
  2. modern primitive
  3. modern primitives
  4. modern ruin
  5. modern ruins
  6. Modern South Arabian
  7. Modern Standard Arabic
  8. modern studies
  9. modern synthesis
  10. modern times
  11. Modern Tupí

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