Re: [tied] Re: Monovocalism: sequel

> >I don't know what languages he means by
> > "Southern Peripheral".
>
> Probably what is otherwise known as Southern Semitic (South Arabian and
> Ethiopic).
>
> From memory, the term is used in a classification where Arabic is
> "Southern Central" and SA/Eth. are "Southern Peripheral" (and, I think,
> NW Semitic is "Northern Central", and Akkadian is "Northern
> Peripheral").

Right! I don't know more well than you do as to how the claim holds up
in Ge'ez or Old South Arabic - you have the same or more grammars of them
as I do. In Amharic, Tigre and Tigrinya the claim is not valid at all.

/H