Sabaic and Aramaic: A Common Origin?

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journal article and comparative linguistic study

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Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, vol. 44, 81–89

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• claim An inscription’s language does not by itself identify the ancestry, ethnicity or migration history of every person using or living near that inscription.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ near certain
  informs · contextualizes · Linguistic classification discussion

  Shows the complexity of language relationships.

• claim Semitic-language dispersal between Arabia, the Levant and the Horn is a debated linguistic and historical problem and cannot be reduced to one archaeologically demonstrated migr…
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · critiques interpretation · pp. 81–89; isoglosses and classification implications

  Complicates a simple one-branch migration narrative.