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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Oman > Hobyót

Hobyót

A language of Oman

ISO 639-3hoh

Population  100 in Oman (1998 H. Mutzafi).
Region  Near Yemen border. Also in Yemen.
Language map  Oman
Alternate names   Hewbyót, Hobi
Dialects  Related to Mehri [gdq], Shehri [shv]. Possibly a mixed language from Shehri and Mehri.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, South Arabian
Comments  Define themselves as belonging to the Mahra tribe. Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Yemen

Language name   Hobyót
Language map  Yemen