Talk:Eastern South Semitic

Modern South Semitic
Whats Modern about the Eastern South Semitic languages?

They been spoken since the days of A'ad. and they are known for their extremely archaic nature, especially in their system of phonology -- for example, they preserve the lateral fricatives of Proto-Semitic, which were lost in all other Semitic languages thousands of years ago. from the article itself.

Eastern South Semitic is an accurate term for two reasons:


 * Geographic location.
 * The Eastern South Semitic shares many charchters of both Eastern Semitic and South Semitic. --Skatewalk 09:42, 12 August 2007 (UTC)