| Rijāl Almaʿ | |
|---|---|
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| Pronunciation | [rid͡ʒaːl ʔalmaʕ] |
| Native to | Saudi Arabia |
| Region | Asir |
Native speakers | 100,000[citation needed] (2009) |
Afroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Rijāl Almaʿ is a speech variety of questionable genetic affiliation spoken in the area in and around the village after which it is named, Rijāl Almaʿ.[1] Amongst the features that make this speech variety so distinctive in the area where it is spoken is the seemingly preserved demonstrative pronominal paradigm from the Sayhadic languages and the presence of the a nasal definite article similar to the proposed modern Sayhadic languages Faifi and Razihi. The speech variety is seemingly gradually being phased out due to increased language convergence with neighboring varieties of Arabic, further complicating the situation regarding where this speech variety belongs within Central Semitic.[2][3]
- ^ Asiri, Yahya M. “Remarks on the Dialect of Rijal Alma’ (South-West Saudi Arabia).” Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes, vol. 99, 2009, pp. 9–21, JSTOR 23861978. Accessed 14 May 2022.
- ^ Asiri, Yahya. “Relative Clauses in the Dialect of Rijal Alma’ (South-West Saudi Arabia).” Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, vol. 38, 2008, pp. 71–74, JSTOR 41223939. Accessed 14 May 2022.
- ^ Al-Jallad, Ahmad. "Arabia and Areal Hybridity". Journal of Language Contact 6.2 (2013): 220-242. doi:10.1163/19552629-00602002 Web.