Yemen

Primary tabs

1 (National)

Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1991, Constitution, Article 2).

Arabic, Gulf Spoken

[afb] 6a (Vigorous). 10,000 in Yemen.

Arabic, Hadrami Spoken

[ayh] 6a (Vigorous). 300,000 in Yemen (1995). Population total all countries: 410,000.

Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni

[jye] 6a (Vigorous). 1,000 in Yemen (1995 H. Mutzafi).

Arabic, Sanaani Spoken

[ayn] 6a (Vigorous). De facto language of provincial identity in North Yemen. 7,600,000 (1996).

Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken

[acq] 6a (Vigorous). De facto language of provincial identity in South Yemen. 6,760,000 in Yemen (1996). Population total all countries: 7,078,500.

7 (Shifting)

Mehri

[gdq] 7 (Shifting). 50,000 in Yemen (2011). Population total all countries: 115,200.

Soqotri

[sqt] 8a (Moribund). 57,000 in Yemen (1990 census). Population total all countries: 64,000.

Bathari

[bhm] 8b (Nearly extinct).