Arabic, Sanaani Spoken
A language of Yemen
| Population | 7,600,000 (1996). |
| Region | Extends as far south as Dhamar. |
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Yemen |
| Alternate names | Northern Yemeni Arabic |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia). |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 10%. |
| Comments | Distinct from Hadrami [ayh], Ta’izzi-Adeni Arabic [acq]. Zaydi Muslim. |
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