Faifi Arabic
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Faifi Arabic is a regional variety of Arabic spoken in the Faifa (Fayfa) mountain area of southwestern Saudi Arabia, closely related to Yemeni Arabic.
Aliases (2)
- Fayfa Arabic ×1
- Fifa Arabic ×1
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic variety
→
regional dialect → spoken language → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Yemeni Arabic
→
|
| country |
Saudi Arabia
→
|
| endangermentStatus |
vulnerable
→
|
| geographicProximity |
borderRegionWithYemen
→
|
| glottologName |
Faifi
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Faifi
→
Fayfa Arabic → Fifa Arabic → |
| hasGlottocode |
faif1234
→
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| hasMorphologicalFeature |
differencesInVerbConjugationFromModernStandardArabic
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|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinctiveConsonantSystemComparedToStandardArabic
→
vowelRealizationsDifferFromModernStandardArabic → |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
oftenStigmatizedComparedToUrbanSaudiVarieties
→
usedAsMarkerOfLocalIdentityInFaifaMountains → |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
wordOrderPatternsTypicalOfSouthwesternArabianDialects
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|
| influencedBy |
Yemeni Arabic
→
|
| ISO639-3 |
fif
→
|
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
→
Arabic → Central Semitic languages → Semitic languages → |
| mutualIntelligibility |
partiallyIntelligibleWithOtherSaudiArabicDialects
→
partiallyIntelligibleWithYemeniArabicVarieties → |
| primaryReligionOfSpeakers |
Islam
→
|
| region |
Faifa (Fayfa) mountain area
→
Jazan Province → |
| relatedTo |
Hijazi Arabic
→
Tihami Arabic → |
| scriptDirection |
right-to-left
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|
| spokenBy |
Faifi people
→
|
| spokenIn |
Faifa Mountains
→
Jazan Region → Saudi Arabia → southwestern Saudi Arabia → |
| status |
minorityLanguageInSaudiArabia
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|
| subclassOf |
Afroasiatic language variety
→
Arabic → Peninsular Arabic → Semitic language variety → |
| usedAlongside |
Modern Standard Arabic
→
Saudi Arabic → |
| usedFor |
everydayOralCommunication
→
|
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
→
|
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Faifi Arabic
("Fayfa Arabic")
→
Faifi Arabic ("Fifa Arabic") → |
hasAlternativeName |
|
Yemeni Arabic
→
|
hasDialects |