Old South Arabian

Old South Arabian is distinct from the living Modern South Arabian languages such as Mehri, Soqotri and Śḥerɛ̄t/Jibbali. Some modern speech varieties of southwestern Arabia, including Razihi, Faifi and Rijāl Almaʿ, preserve features that have been compared with Old South Arabian or other South Arabian varieties, but their classification is disputed and should be treated separately from the extinct epigraphic languages.