South Semitic languages

South Semitic
South Semitic
(controversial)
Geographic; distribution	Yemen, Oman, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West South Semitic; ; ;
Subdivisions	Southeastern; Southwestern; • Ethiopic; • Sayhadic (recently considered to be Central Semitic);
Language codes
Glottolog	None
	Approximate historical distribution of South Semitic languages

South Semitic is a putative branch of the Semitic languages, which form a branch of the larger Afroasiatic language family, found in (North and East) Africa and Western Asia. The grouping is controversial and several alternate classifications supplanting South Semitic have been proposed in recent decades.