Shehri language

Shehri
Jibbali
جبليت
Pronunciation[dʒibbaːli][1]
Native toOman
RegionDhofar
Native speakers
85,000 (2020)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3shv
Glottologsheh1240
ELPJibbali

Shehri (Arabic: شحرية), also known as Jibbali ("mountain" language in Omani Arabic), is a Modern South Arabian language; it and the three island varieties of Soqoṭri comprise the eastern branch of Modern South Arabian. It is spoken by a small native population inhabiting the coastal towns and the mountains and wilderness areas upland from Salalah, located in the Dhofar Governorate in southwestern Oman. The autonym for speakers is əḥklí, plural əḥkló.[3]

  1. ^ Simeone-Senelle, Marie-Claude (7 February 2010). "Mehri and Hobyot spoken in Oman and in Yemen". Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique Noire.
  2. ^ Shehri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Rubin, A.D. (2014). The Jibbali (Shaḥri) Language of Oman: Grammar and Texts. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics. Brill. p. 9. ISBN 978-90-04-26285-0. Retrieved 2023-12-03.