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modern south arabian

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
mod-ern -south ara-bi-an
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

adj

Related or belonging to the aforementioned language group

Questions

What does modern south arabian mean?
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.

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