Harsusi language

E339263
Modern South Arabian language Semitic language language

Harsusi is a critically endangered Modern South Arabian language spoken by a small community in Oman’s Dhofar region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Harsusi language canonical 10
Harsusi Arabicized 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Modern South Arabian language ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Oman ⓘ
surface form: Sultanate of Oman
countryOfficialLanguageOf none ⓘ
domainOfUse community oral traditions ⓘ
home ⓘ
endangermentStatus critically endangered ⓘ
geographicEnvironment desert plateau ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Harsiyyet ⓘ
Harsusi ⓘ
Harsusi language ⓘ
surface form: Harsusi Arabicized

Hersyet ⓘ
hasGlottocode hars1242 ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearchBy Janet C. E. Watson ⓘ
T. M. Johnstone ⓘ
hasNoOfficialStatusIn Oman ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
lateral fricatives ⓘ
pharyngeal consonants ⓘ
intergenerationalTransmission severely disrupted ⓘ
isNotDialectOf Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language
ISO639-3Code hss ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageContactWith Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

Mehri language ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup Modern South Arabian languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch South Semitic languages ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith Bathari language ⓘ
Mehri language ⓘ
linguisticArea Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
mainSpeakerOccupation pastoralists ⓘ
numberOfSpeakersEstimate few hundred ⓘ
primaryScriptUsage mostly unwritten ⓘ
region southern Oman ⓘ
shiftPressureFrom Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language
spokenIn Dhofar ⓘ
surface form: Dhofar Governorate

Jiddat al-Harasis ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
typologicalFeature consonantal root system ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
verb-initial word order tendency ⓘ
UNESCOEndangermentCategory critically endangered ⓘ
usedByCommunity Harsusi people ⓘ
surface form: Harasis people
vitalityTrend declining ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Modern South Arabian languages → hasPart → Harsusi language ⓘ
Soqotri people → relatedLanguage → Harsusi language ⓘ
Soqotri language → closelyRelatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
Mehri language → closelyRelatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
Harsusi language → hasAlternativeName → Harsusi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harsusi Arabicized
Bathari language → relatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
Hobyot language → relatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
Shehri language → relatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
MSA languages → hasMember → Harsusi language ⓘ
Harsusi → hasAlternativeName → Harsusi language ⓘ
Hobyot → isRelatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ