Shehri

E347907

Shehri is a Modern South Arabian language spoken primarily by indigenous communities in southern Oman and parts of eastern Yemen.

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Shehri canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Modern South Arabian language
Semitic language
language
country Oman
Yemen
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
hasAlternativeName Jibbali
Śḥərɛt
surface form: Śḥerɛt
hasBasicWordOrder varies between VSO and SVO
hasDomain home and community domains
hasGlottocode jibb1239
hasISO6393Code shv
hasLinguisticRelation Bathari
Harsusi
Hobyot
Mehri
Soqotri language
surface form: Soqotri
hasMorphologyType nonconcatenative (root-and-pattern) morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
rich consonant inventory
hasUsageTrend declining number of speakers
hasWritingSystem Arabic script (limited and non-standard)
isDistinctFrom Arabic
isMinorityLanguageIn Oman
Yemen
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
surface form: Afroasiatic

Modern South Arabian languages
South Semitic languages
surface form: South Semitic
notDialectOf Arabic
region Arabian Peninsula
Southern Arabia
surface form: South Arabia
spokenBy indigenous communities in eastern Yemen
indigenous communities in southern Oman
spokenIn Dhofar
surface form: Dhofar Governorate

Oman
Yemen
Eastern Yemen region
surface form: eastern Yemen

Dhofar
surface form: southern Oman
subclassOf Afroasiatic language
South Semitic language
subjectOf Semitic linguistics research
threatenedBy language shift to Arabic
usedIn everyday communication within some indigenous communities
oral tradition
poetry

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