Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken

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A language of Yemen

ISO 639-3
acq
Alternate Names
Southern Yemeni Spoken Arabic
Population

6,760,000 in Yemen (1996). Population total all countries: 7,078,500.

Location

All provinces except the 2 east and the northeast ones. Probably a few in United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Also in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Libya, Somalia, United Kingdom.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous). De facto language of provincial identity in South Yemen.

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects

Adeni, Ta’izzi. Ta’izzi dialect best accepted in Yemen.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 10%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
Other Comments

Different from Hadrami [ayh] and Sanaani Arabic [ayn]. Muslim (Zaydi).

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