Faifi

E378792

Faifi is a modern South Arabian language variety spoken by the Faifi people in the mountainous Jazan region of southwestern Saudi Arabia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Faifi canonical 3

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language
modern South Arabian language variety
spoken language
hasAlternativeName Fifa language
Fifi
hasApproximateLocation southwestern Arabian Peninsula
hasCountry Saudi Arabia
hasDialectArea Sarawat Mountains
surface form: Faifa Mountains
hasDominantContactLanguage Arabic
hasLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Modern South Arabian languages
Semitic languages
South Semitic languages
hasLanguageStatus minority language in Saudi Arabia
hasLexicalRelation shares vocabulary with other Modern South Arabian languages
hasMorphologicalType nonconcatenative morphology
root-and-pattern morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
pharyngeal consonants
hasPrimaryUse oral communication
hasRegion Faifa Governorate
mountainous Jazan region
hasScript Arabic script
hasSociolinguisticEnvironment bilingualism with Arabic
hasWordOrder verb–subject–object (tends)
isEndangered true
spokenBy Faifi people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Jazan Region
surface form: Jazan region

Saudi Arabia
southwestern Saudi Arabia

How these facts were elicited

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