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| Tihamiyya Arabic | |
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| Tihamiyya, Tihami | |
| تهامية | |
| Native to | Yemen |
| Region | Tihamah |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
Tihāmiyyah (Arabic: تهامية Tihāmiyyah; also known as Tihamiyya, Tihami) is thedialect of theArabic language originally spoken only by the people of the historic region of theTihamah which is thecoastal plain at the Eastern shore ofYemen. Even though the term Tihama in a broader sense refers to all of the Eastern coastal plain of theRed Sea from theGulf of Aqaba to theBab el Mandeb, it is often used especially for the more Southern part of the plain.
The Tihami Arabic or Tihamiyya dialect has many aspects which differentiate it from all other dialects in the Arab world. Phonologically Tihami is similar to the majority of Yemeni dialects, pronouncing theqāf (ق) as[q] and theǧīm (ج) as a velar plosive[ɡ] (theǧīm pronunciation is also shared withEgyptian Arabic)[1] unlikeSan'ani andHadhrami Arabic which pronounce theqāf (ق) as[g]. Grammatically all Tihami dialects also share the unusual feature of utilizing the definite article (am-) as opposed to the prefix (al-) seen in many Arabic varieties. The future tense, much like the dialects surrounding Sanaa, is indicated with the prefix (š-), for all persons, e.g.ša-būk am-sūq "I will go to the Souq". Some Tihami dialects, such as that spoken in Al-Hodeida, are otherwise fairly similar to other Yemeni dialects in grammar and syntax, differing mainly in vocabulary, while others can be so far from any other Arabic dialect that they are practically incomprehensible even to other Yemenis.
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