Complex sentence: Hamdani (d.334/946) noted that "the Mahra speak a barbarous tongue like foreigners", that is-he knew that Mehri was not intelligible as northwest Semitic.
Split into simpler sentences: Hamdani (d.334/946) noted that "the Mahra speak a barbarous tongue like foreigners". He knew that Mehri was not intelligible as northwest Semitic.