Feature: Why Are There Modern South Arabian Languages That Are Going Extinct?

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Presenter: Rose Murad

Delivered: Bahrain on November 17, 2018

This afikra feature demystifies modern South Arabian languages, explores the reasons behind their endangerment, and examines current efforts to preserve them.

Sources & Future References

• Modern South Arabian languages from a Semitic and Hamito-Semitic perspective | JSTOR

• Diminutive Patterns In The Modern South Arabian Languages | Journal Of Semitic Studies | Oxford Academic

• The Modern South Arabian Languages In The P. D. R. Of Yemen | JSTOR

• The Semitic Languages by Robert Hetzron - Google Books

• A short conversation in the Harsuusi language - YouTube

• T.M. Johnstone’s Modern South Arabian recordings: collaborative cataloguing and ‘footprints’ of biocultural change in Southern Arabia

• Gesture in Modern South Arabian languages | Brill

• Imagined Communities Summary and Study Guide

Contact Info

• E-mail: rosemurad20@gmail.com

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