# An extinct Semitic language related to Modern South Arabian but not ancestral to it.

> Most likely: An extinct Semitic language related to Modern South Arabian but not ancestral to it.

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Answer · Dhofari script

# An extinct Semitic language related to Modern South Arabian but not ancestral to it.

An extinct Semitic language related to Modern South Arabian but not ancestral to it.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Words and morphemes have Modern South Arabian cognates.
- Interdentals are merged with sibilants throughout, unlike Mehri and Jibbali.

## What would rule it out

- Texts show interdentals kept distinct, or a vocabulary closer to another branch.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Preliminary readings find forms paralleled in Mehri and Jibbali.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dhofari-script/evidence/EVD0D7QBKK42RSX/preliminary-readings-find-forms-paralleled-in-mehri-and)

Suggestive

FOR

[The 26-letter inventory implies interdentals merged with sibilants.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dhofari-script/evidence/EVD0D7QBKBA21HH/the-26-letter-inventory-implies-interdentals-merged-with)

Suggestive

FOR

## The questions it answers

[What language do the Dhofari inscriptions record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dhofari-script/questions/QST0D7QBG5R5CGG/what-language-do-the-dhofari-inscriptions-record)

Most likelyAn extinct Semitic language related to Modern South Arabian but not ancestral to it

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