Mehri language
E339262
The Mehri language is a Semitic language spoken primarily by the Mehri people in eastern Yemen and western Oman, notable for preserving many archaic features of the ancient South Arabian linguistic tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mehri language canonical | 13 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Modern South Arabian language
ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bathari language
ⓘ
Harsusi language ⓘ Hobyot language ⓘ Jibbali language ⓘ Soqotri language ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Aaron D. Rubin
ⓘ
T. M. Johnstone ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mehri people ⓘ |
| family | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mahri
ⓘ
Mehriyot ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Old South Arabian
ⓘ
surface form:
Old South Arabian languages
Proto-Semitic language ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Omani Mehri
ⓘ
Yemeni Mehri ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
broken plurals
ⓘ
gendered nouns ⓘ nonconcatenative root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ triliteral roots ⓘ verbal aspect distinctions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
lateral fricatives ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
subject–verb–object word order
ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | gdq ⓘ |
| languageCode | ISO 639-3:gdq ⓘ |
| notOfficialLanguageOf |
Oman
ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ |
| preservesFeatureOf | ancient South Arabian linguistic tradition ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Hadhramaut
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Yemen
western Oman ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Oman
ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ Yemen ⓘ |
| subbranch |
Modern South Arabian languages
ⓘ
South Semitic languages ⓘ |
| subfamily | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| subjectOfStudy |
Afroasiatic linguistics
ⓘ
Semitic linguistics ⓘ |
| usedBy | Mehri tribal communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.