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Native Speakers Worldwide

400

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Language Information By Source

Modern South Arabian
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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Location description

Eastern Mahra and Oman, some along the coast

Government support

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Script (Writing system)

None

Other writing systems

Eastern Mahra and Oman, some along the coast

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Other languages used

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More on context

Extensive contact with Mehri and Jibbali speakers.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

16.6388,53.0612

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More about speakers

100 in Oman. Data for the number of native speakers comes from H. Mutzafi (1998).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Oman; Yemen;

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Location description

Near Yemen border. Also in Yemen

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Near Yemen border. Also in Yemen

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17.22, 52.83

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<100

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Year of info

2004

Location and Context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<100

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Regular contacts with Jibbali speakers have an effect upon this speech.

Year of info

1997

Location and Context

Countries

Oman; Yemen

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Location description

It is spoken on the border between Oman and the Yemen (in the area of Jadib and Hawf, and Haberut seems to be the northern boundary of their area).

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It is spoken on the border between Oman and the Yemen (in the area of Jadib and Hawf, and Haberut seems to be the northern boundary of their area).

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Other languages used

Arabic

Domains of other languages

Government, school, army

More on context

Both in Oman and in the Yemen, Arabic is the language used for official intercourse (administration, school, army). Native speakers use their mother tongue for private purposes, in the family circle and with other speakers of the same language; many a speaker uses several MSAL, when these languages are closely related.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<1,000

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Yemen, Oman

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Spoken in a small area straddling the border of Yemen and Oman.

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Spoken in a small area straddling the border of Yemen and Oman.

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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  3. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  4. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  5. The Modern South Arabian Languages
    Simeone-Simelle, Marie-Claude. 1997. "The Modern South Arabian Languages." In The Semitic Languages, edited by Robert Hetzron. 378-423. London & New York: Routledge.
  6. Glottolog
    "Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
    http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/
  7. The Structure of Mehri
    Janet C.E. Watson. 2012. "The Structure of Mehri." Harrassowitz.
  8. Harsusi Texts from Oman Based on the Field Materials of T. M. Johnstone
    Harry Stroomer. 2004. "Harsusi Texts From Oman Based On the Field Materials of T. M. Johnstone." Harrassowitz.
  9. Modern South Arabian
    Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle (2011) "Modern South Arabian" in Stefan Weninger (ed) The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook 36. pp. 1073-1113. Berlin: Mouton.