Yemeni Arabic

E12107
Arabic dialect group variety of Arabic

Yemeni Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects spoken primarily in Yemen, known for their distinctive phonology, vocabulary, and conservative linguistic features compared to many other Arabic varieties.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Yemeni Arabic dialect continuum 2
Hadhrami Arabic 1
Sanʿani Arabic 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic dialect group ⓘ
variety of Arabic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Yemen ⓘ
glottocode yeme1238 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Yemeni Colloquial Arabic

Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Yemeni Vernacular Arabic
hasDialects Faifi Arabic ⓘ
Yemeni Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hadhrami Arabic

Razihi Arabic ⓘ
Yemeni Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sanʿani Arabic

Yemeni Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Taʿizzi-Adeni Arabic

Tihami Arabic ⓘ
Yafiʿi Arabic ⓘ
hasFeature conservative phonology compared to many other Arabic dialects ⓘ
distinct second person pronoun forms compared to Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
distinctive vocabulary ⓘ
frequent use of the particle "ma" in negation ⓘ
lexical influence from English in urban varieties ⓘ
lexical influence from Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
lexical influence from South Arabian languages ⓘ
lexical influence from Turkish and Persian via historical contact ⓘ
regional variation between highland and coastal areas ⓘ
retention of some Classical Arabic features ⓘ
use of qaf realized variably as [g] or [q] depending on dialect ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature gender and number agreement on verbs and adjectives ⓘ
use of broken plurals ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants typical of Arabic ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus primarily used in informal and everyday communication ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature verb–subject–object word order as a common pattern ⓘ
ISO639-3Code ayn ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup Arabic ⓘ
languageSubbranch Central Semitic languages ⓘ
region Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
spokenBy Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Yemenis
spokenIn Djibouti ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
standardLanguage Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
usedAlongside Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Modern Standard Arabic in education and media
writingSystem Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yafiʿi Arabic → belongsTo → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yemeni Arabic dialect continuum
Faifi Arabic → closelyRelatedTo → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
Yemeni Arabic → hasAlternativeName → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yemeni Colloquial Arabic
Yemeni Arabic → hasAlternativeName → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yemeni Vernacular Arabic
Arabic → hasDialectGroup → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
Yemeni Arabic → hasDialects → Yemeni Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanʿani Arabic
Yemeni Arabic → hasDialects → Yemeni Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taʿizzi-Adeni Arabic
Yemeni Arabic → hasDialects → Yemeni Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hadhrami Arabic
Razihi Arabic → hasNeighboringVariety → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
Colloquial Arabic → includes → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
Faifi Arabic → influencedBy → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
Tihami Arabic → isDialectOf → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
Yemeni American → languageUsed → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
Tihami Arabic → neighboringDialect → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ta‘izzi-Adeni Arabic
Tihami Arabic → partOf → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yemeni Arabic dialect continuum
Tihami Arabic → subclassOf → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
Yafiʿi Arabic → subclassOf → Yemeni Arabic ⓘ