ACQ ISO 639-3
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
A language of Yemen
- ISO 639
- acq
- Alternate Names
- Southern Yemeni Spoken Arabic
- Population
- 10,400,000 in Yemen (2018). Total users in all countries: 11,421,100.
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous). De facto language of provincial identity in South Yemen.
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
- Dialects
- Ta’izzi, Adeni. Ta’izzi dialect best accepted in Yemen. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
- Language Use
- Also use Standard Arabic [arb].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
- Other Comments
- Different from Hadrami [ayh] and Sanaani Arabic [ayn]. Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Arab Emirates
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
60,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Muslim. View other languages of Djibouti
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
71,200 in Djibouti (2018).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Egypt
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
172,000 in Egypt (2018).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Kingdom
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
15,200 in United Kingdom (2011). Total Arabic speakers in the United Kingdom: 159,000 (2011 census).
- Location
- Indian Ocean area.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kenya
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
35,000 in Kenya (2020 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kuwait
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
14,000 in Kuwait (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Libya
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
132,000 in Libya (2020).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Madagascar
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
56,000 in Madagascar (2020 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Oman
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
16,300 in Oman (2020).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Saudi Arabia
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
381,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018). , based on ethnicity.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Somalia
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
17,000 in Somalia (2019).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken
User Population
51,400 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census).
Map
Location: Widespread.
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