Hobyot

E347906

Hobyot is a rare and severely endangered South Semitic language spoken by small communities in eastern Yemen and western Oman.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hobyot canonical 3
Hobyoṭ 1
Hobyōt 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Modern South Arabian language
South Semitic language
language
documentationStatus poorly documented
endangermentStatus severely endangered
hasAlternativeClassification Modern South Arabian branch of Semitic
hasConsonantInventorySize large
hasGrammaticalCategory grammatical gender
grammatical number
verbal aspect
verbal mood
hasLinguisticTypology Semitic consonantal root-and-pattern morphology
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
hasMorphologicalFeature nonconcatenative morphology
triconsonantal roots
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
pharyngeal consonants
uvular consonants
hasSpeakerTrend declining number of speakers
hasVowelInventorySize small
hasWordOrder subject–verb–object (SVO)
verb–subject–object (VSO)
hasWritingTradition limited
ISO639-3Code hoh
isRelatedTo Bathari language
Harsusi language
Mehri language
Shehri language
Soqotri language
languageBranch Semitic languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
lexifierOrInfluence Arabic
rarity rare
region Arabian Peninsula
script Arabic script
spokenBy small communities
spokenIn Oman
Yemen
spokenInRegion Eastern Yemen region
surface form: eastern Yemen

western Oman
subbranch Modern South Arabian languages
South Semitic languages
threatenedBy language shift to Arabic
transmissionStatus weak intergenerational transmission
usedInDomain oral communication

Referenced by (5)

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

Hobyot language hasAlternativeName Hobyot
this entity surface form: Hobyoṭ
Hobyot language hasAlternativeName Hobyot
this entity surface form: Hobyōt
Mehri closelyRelatedTo Hobyot