Razihi

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Razihi is a highly divergent Arabic-related language spoken by a small community in the mountainous Jabal Razih region of northwestern Yemen.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Razihi canonical 2
Razih 1
Razihī 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic-related language
language
modern South Arabian-related language
country Yemen
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
geographicDistribution mountainous Jabal Razih region
hasAlternativeName Razihi language
Razihi
surface form: Razihī
hasContactLanguage Yemeni Arabic
neighboring tribal Arabic dialects
hasDocumentationStatus poorly documented
underdescribed
hasLinguisticArea northwestern Yemen linguistic area
hasLinguisticFeature distinct morphology from neighboring Arabic dialects
distinct phonology from neighboring Arabic dialects
distinct syntax from neighboring Arabic dialects
highly divergent from standard Arabic
lexicon partly shared with Arabic
retains archaic Semitic features
shows influence from Arabic dialects
hasMorphologicalFeature verbal system differing from Standard Arabic
hasNeighborLanguage Arabic dialects of northwestern Yemen
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant inventory distinct from Standard Arabic
hasResearchTopic classification within Semitic
contact with Modern South Arabian languages
degree of relatedness to Arabic
hasSociolinguisticFeature bilingualism with Arabic among speakers
hasSyntacticFeature word order patterns influenced by both Arabic and South Arabian
hasTemporalProperty still spoken in the 21st century
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
surface form: Afroasiatic

Semitic
regionType mountain region
relatedTo Arabic
Modern South Arabian languages
spokenBy ethnic communities of Jabal Razih
small community
spokenIn Jabal Razih
Saada region
surface form: Saada Governorate

Yemen
northwestern Yemen
subclassOf Afroasiatic language
Semitic language
threatenedBy shift to Arabic
usedFor everyday communication within local community
writingSystem Arabic script

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Referenced by (4)

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

Saada region hasTown Razihi
this entity surface form: Razih
Razihi hasAlternativeName Razihi
this entity surface form: Razihī