MSAL

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MSAL

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Apparently invented in the late 1990s as a substitute for MSA to avoid confusion with Modern Standard Arabic which bears the same abbreviation.

noun MSALs

abbreviation, plural, plural only Abbreviation of Modern South Arabian languages
Similar: MSA

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"MSAL." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/msal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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MSAL. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/msal

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"MSAL." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/msal.

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@misc{msal_2026,
  title = {MSAL},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/msal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}