evidence: The linguistic domain of the other MSA languages (see the map on p. 2) is restricted to eastern Yemen, western Oman, and the island groups of Soqoṭra and Al-Ḥallaniyāt (formerly Khuriya Muriya). None of the MSA languages has a tradition of writing, and they have been known to Europeans only since the 19th century. 1.1 Previous Scholarship on Mehri and MSA [...] 1.2 Dialects of Mehri