Classification
- Western
- Old South Arabian – extinct, formerly believed to be the linguistic ancestors of modern South Arabian Semitic languages, now classified as Eastern South Semitic)
- Ethiopian Semitic languages (Ethio-Semitic, Ethiopian Semitic)
- Eastern: Modern South Arabian. These languages are spoken mainly by small minority populations on the Arabian peninsula in Yemen (Mahra and Soqotra) and Oman (Dhofar).
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