Razihi language

Razihi
Jabal Razih
/lahd͡ʒah raːziħiːt/
Native toYemen
Native speakers
62,900 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3rzh
Glottologjaba1234
ELPRazihi

Razihi (Rāziḥī), originally known to linguists as "Naẓīri",[2] is a Central Semitic language spoken by at least 62,900 people in the vicinity of Mount Razih (Jabal Razih) in the far northwestern corner of Yemen.[3] Along with Faifi, it is possibly the only surviving descendant of the Old South Arabian languages.[4]

  1. ^ Razihi at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Watson, Glover-Stalls, Al-razihi, & Weir (2006), "The language of Jabal Rāziḥ: Arabic or something else?", Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 36:35–41
  4. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Jabal Razih". Glottolog 4.3.