Mehri language

Mehri, or Mahri, is a Semitic language. It is spoken by tribes in Eastern Yemen and Western Oman by around 165,000 people. It has been spoken in the area since before Arabic was brought there.[1]

Mehri
Pronunciation[mɛhri]
Native toYemen, Oman
EthnicityMehri people
Native speakers165,900  (2011-2015)e19
Language family
Writing systemArabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3gdq
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References

  1. Abu Muhammad al-Hasan Hamdani, Sifat Jazirat al-'Arab (probably ed. 1884), 134 tr. Chaim Rabin (1951). Ancient West-Arabian. London: Taylor's Foreign Press. p. 43.