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.

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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.

Modern South Arabian languages hasPart Mehri language
Soqotri people relatedLanguage Mehri language
Harsusi language lexicalSimilarityWith Mehri language
Harsusi language languageContactWith Mehri language
Bathari language relatedTo Mehri language
Hobyot language relatedTo Mehri language
Shehri language relatedTo Mehri language
Mahra Governorate hasMinorityLanguage Mehri language
MSA languages hasMember Mehri language
Harsusi isCloselyRelatedTo Mehri language
Hobyot isRelatedTo Mehri language