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SHV ISO 639-3

Shehri

A language of Oman

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Ehkili, Geblet, Jibali, Jibbali, Qarawi, Sehri, Shahari, Sheret, South Arabian
Population
44,700 in Oman (2020). Total users in all countries: 84,900.
Location:
Dhofar governorate: coastal mountains and plains; Khuriya Muriya islands in Arabian Sea near Fararah.
Language Status
6b* (Threatened).
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, South Arabian
Dialects
Central Jibbali, Eastern Jibbali, Western Jibbali. Eastern Jibbali includes Kuria Muria (Baby Jibbali). Reportedly increasingly bilingual in Dhofari Arabic [adf].
Other Comments
Spoken by Qara (Ehkeló, Ahkló), Shahra (Sheró, Shahara), Barahama, Bait Ash-Shaik, and some Batahira. Muslim.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Jibbali
User Population
40,200 in Saudi Arabia (2018). , based on ethnicity.
Location
Scattered.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
View other languages of Saudi Arabia

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Location: Dhofar governorate: coastal mountains and plains; Khuriya Muriya islands in Arabian Sea near Fararah.