Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni
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A language of Israel
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Judeo-Yemeni, Yemenite, Yemenite Judeo-Arabic
Population
50,000 (1995 Y. Kara). Total users in all countries: 51,000.
Location
HaDarom and Jerusalem districts; Tel Aviv district: Jaffa.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
San’a, ’Aden, Be:da, Habban. Jewish varieties markedly different from their coterritorial Muslim counterparts. A member of macrolanguage Judeo-Arabic [jrb].
Language Resources
Writing
Hebrew script [Hebr].
Jewish.