Shehri people

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The Shehri people are an indigenous ethnic group of southern Arabia, primarily in Oman and Yemen, known for preserving a distinct non-Arabic Semitic culture and language.

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Shehri people canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Jibbali people
Shahra people
associatedWith Dhofar Rebellion
bilingualIn Arabic
climateZone monsoon-influenced coastal mountains
continent Asia
country Oman
Yemen
culturalContinuity pre-Islamic South Arabian traditions
culturalFeature distinct musical traditions
oral poetry traditions
tribal social organization
culture non-Arabic Semitic culture
ethnolinguisticGroup Modern South Arabian peoples
heritageStatus endangered language community
historicalRegion Hadhramaut
surface form: Hadhramaut hinterland
indigenousTo Oman Mountains
surface form: Dhofar Mountains

southern Arabian Peninsula
language Shehri language
languageBranch South Semitic languages
languageFamily Modern South Arabian languages
Semitic languages
languageStatus endangered
locatedIn Southern Arabia
neighboringGroups Bathari people
Harsusi people
Mehri people
Mahri people
surface form: Qara people
partOf Modern South Arabian cultural area
populationStatus numerically small ethnic group
recognizedAs indigenous minority in Oman
region Dhofar
Eastern Yemen region
surface form: Eastern Yemen

Dhofar
surface form: South Oman
religion Islam
scriptUsedForLanguage Arabic script
traditionalAnimalHerding camels
cattle
goats
traditionalHousing stone houses in mountain villages
traditionalLivelihood animal husbandry
pastoralism
small-scale agriculture

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Modern South Arabian languages usedBy Shehri people
Soqotri people relatedEthnicGroup Shehri people
Shehri language usedBy Shehri people