Arabic, Gulf Spoken

[afb] Widespread. 10,000 in Yemen.Status: 6a (Vigorous).Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

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Arabic, Hadrami Spoken

[ayh] Hadramawt and Shabwah governorates. 300,000 in Yemen (1995). Population total all countries: 410,000.Status: 6a (Vigorous).Alternate Names: Hadrami, HadromiDialects: A member of macrolanguage Arabic[ara].Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, ArabicComments: Distinct from Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken Arabic[acq] and Sanaani Spoken Arabic[ayn]. Muslim.

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Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni

[jye] Mainly urban communities in ‘Adan, Al Bayda’, Sanaa and Shabwah governorates; Habban dialect in Shabwah. 1,000 in Yemen (1995 H. Mutzafi).Status: 6a (Vigorous).Alternate Names: Judeo-Yemeni, Yemenite Judeo-ArabicDialects: ’Aden, Be:da, Habban, San’a.Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, ArabicComments: Jewish.

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Arabic, Sanaani Spoken

[ayn] Widespread. 7,600,000 (1996).Status: 6a (Vigorous). De facto language of provincial identity in North Yemen.Alternate Names: Northern Yemeni ArabicDialects: A member of macrolanguage Arabic[ara].Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, ArabicComments: Distinct from Hadrami[ayh] and Ta’izzi-Adeni Arabic[acq]. Muslim (Zaydi).

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Arabic, Standard

[arb]Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1991, Constitution, Article 2).Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic

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Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken

[acq] Widespread. 6,760,000 in Yemen (1996). Population total all countries: 7,078,500.Status: 6a (Vigorous). De facto language of provincial identity in South Yemen.Alternate Names: Southern Yemeni Spoken ArabicDialects: Adeni, Ta’izzi. Ta’izzi dialect best accepted in Yemen. A member of macrolanguage Arabic[ara].Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, ArabicComments: Different from Hadrami[ayh] and Sanaani Arabic[ayn]. Muslim (Zaydi).

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Bathari

[bhm] Al Mahrah Governorate.Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).Alternate Names: Bathara, Bautahari, BotahariClassification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, South ArabianComments: Muslim.

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Hobyót

[hoh] Near Oman border, Al Mahrah Governorate.Status: 8a (Moribund).Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, South Arabian

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Mehri

[gdq] Al Mahrah Governorate. 50,000 in Yemen (2011). Population total all countries: 115,200.Status: 7 (Shifting).Alternate Names: MahriDialects: Eastern Mehri (Mehriyot), Western Mehri (Mehriyet). Within main dialects there are also differences between Bedouin and city varieties.Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, South ArabianComments: Spoken by the Mahra. Many ethnic Mehri in Yemen are Arabic L1 speakers. Muslim.

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Soqotri

[sqt] Hadramawt Governorate, mainly Soqotra island, ’Abd al-Kuri island, Samha island in the Gulf of Aden. 57,000 in Yemen (1990 census). Population total all countries: 71,400.Status: 8a (Moribund).Alternate Names: Saqatri, Socotri, Sokotri, SuqutriDialects: ’Abd Al-Kuri, Central Soqotri, Northern Soqotri, Southern Soqotri, Western Soqotri.Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, South ArabianComments: North Soqotri includes North Central and Northwest Central (highland) Soqotri. Mostly monolingual in Soqotri. Muslim.

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