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Yemeni Arabic (Arabic: لهجة يمنية, romanized: Lahja Yamaniyyah) is a cluster of varieties of Arabic spoken in Yemen. [2] It is generally considered a very conservative dialect cluster, having many classical features not found across most of the Arabic-speaking world.
Pages in category "Languages of Yemen" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Languages of Yemen; A.
Yemen, [a] officially the Republic of Yemen, [b] is a country in West Asia. [12] Located in southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the southeasten part of the Arabian sea to the east, sharing maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia across the Horn of Africa.
Judeo-Yemeni Arabic (also known as Judeo-Yemeni and Yemenite Judeo-Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Yemen.The language is quite different from mainstream Yemeni Arabic, [citation needed] and is written in the Hebrew alphabet.
Razihi (Rāziḥī), originally known to linguists as "Naẓīri", [3] is a Central Semitic language spoken by at least 62,900 people in the vicinity of Mount Razih (Jabal Razih) in the far northwestern corner of Yemen. [4] Along with Faifi, it is possibly the only surviving descendant of the Old South Arabian languages. [5]
The Governorates of the Republic of Yemen. There are two further sub-divisions of Ta’izzi-Adeni, namely Ta’izzi and Adeni. [2] The Ta’izzi dialect is spoken chiefly in the Yemeni Governorate of Ta’izz and the neighbouring governorate of Ibb, whereas Adeni is spoken further south, within Aden itself and the immediate, outlying, rural areas. [2]
Given its location at the border of two countries, Hobyot is the shared language of people of differing origins. While speakers are mostly found on both sides of the mountainous border between Yemen and Oman, [8] some can be found in desert areas to the north and west, as well as fishing communities on the coast.
Language codes ISO 639-3 Yāfiʿī Arabic is a group of closely related Arabic dialects spoken in the Yāfiʿ district of the Lahij governate in Yemen, in the historical territories of the sheikhdoms of Upper ( al-ʿUlyā ) and Lower ( al-Suflā ) Yāfiʿ . [ 1 ]