# An early form of Modern South Arabian (ancestral to Mehri, Jibbali or Socotri).

> Disputed: An early form of Modern South Arabian (ancestral to Mehri, Jibbali or Socotri).

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# An early form of Modern South Arabian (ancestral to Mehri, Jibbali or Socotri).

An early form of Modern South Arabian (ancestral to Mehri, Jibbali or Socotri).

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The inscriptions preserve interdentals.

## What would rule it out

- Interdental loss is confirmed in the inscriptions.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[Interdental loss is not compatible with direct ancestry of the modern languages, which keep them.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dhofari-script/evidence/EVD0D7QBM2R2Y5C/interdental-loss-is-not-compatible-with-direct-ancestry-of)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## 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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