Kutubna Cultural Center
Sunday 28/1 - A Glimpse into The Endangered Modern South Arabian Languages
Sunday 28/1 - A Glimpse into The Endangered Modern South Arabian Languages
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Lecture: A Glimpse into The Endangered Modern South Arabian Languages
Lecturer: Fabio Gasparini
Date: 28/1/2024
Time: 4:30 pm
Age group: Adults
Venue: Kutubna Cultural Center
The Modern South Arabian languages are a group of Semitic languages spoken in the Southern part of the Arabian peninsula. This talk will provide a general introduction to this endangered language group by discussing its history and current sociolinguistic situation. A brief overview of its linguistic peculiarities, especially in comparison to Arabic.
This lecture is part of our Dubai Humanities series.
Fabio Gasparini received his PhD in African, Asian and Mediterranean Studies from the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, Italy. He currently holds a DFG-funded postdoc position at the Department of Semitic and Arabic Studies of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. His research focuses on the Modern South Arabian languages and Semitic in general from a comparative and typological perspective.
