Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni

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A language of Israel

ISO 639-3
jye
Alternate Names
Judeo-Yemeni, Yemenite Judeo-Arabic
Population

50,000 in Israel (1995 Y. Kara). Population total all countries: 51,000.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

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

’Aden, Be:da, Habban, San’a. Jewish varieties markedly different from their coterritorial Muslim counterparts. A member of macrolanguage Judeo-Arabic [jrb].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni
Writing

Hebrew script [Hebr].

Other Comments

Jewish.

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