An independent branch in the Semitic languages, niece to the Old South Arabian lects, situated in the east of Yemen and in Oman, the largest being the Mehri language extending over both countries with a six-digit speaker number, bordering, while thus embosoming the intermediary Hobyot, the Shehri (syn.: Jibbali) language in Oman, and further containing the small Bathari and Harsusi languages in Oman, + the larger Soqotri language on Soqotra.

Related or belonging to the aforementioned language group

Alternative spelling of arabber

(historical, US) A fruit and vegetable hawker with a colorful horse-drawn cart.

plural of arabber

A subfamily of extinct languages formerly spoken in southern Arabia and belonging to the Semitic family. / The abjad used to write these languages.

The southern region of the Arabian Peninsula, corresponding to modern Yemen and parts of Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Synonym of Old South Arabian

Synonym of Old South Arabian

A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language spoken in the Lake Eyre region of South Australia.