Hobyot
[aka Habyot, Hobyót, Hobi]Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·endangered
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
Extensive contact with Mehri and Jibbali speakers.
- Scripts (Writing system)
- None
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Eastern Mahra and Oman, some along the coast
Language metadata
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Habyot, Hobyót, Hobi, Hewbyót |
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Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Modern South Arabian |
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ISO 639-3 |
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hoh |
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Language information by source
Compare Sources (8)
Information from: “Modern South Arabian” (1073-1113) . Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle (2011) , Stefan Weninger · Berlin: Mouton
Information from: “Modern South Arabian” (1073-1113) . Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle (2011) , Stefan Weninger · Berlin: Mouton
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
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Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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100-999
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100 in Oman.
Data for the number of native speakers comes from H. Mutzafi (1998).
- DATE OF INFO
- 1998
- PLACES
- Oman; Yemen;
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Near Yemen border. Also in Yemen
Information from: “Glottolog” .
Information from: “The Modern South Arabian Languages” (378-423) . Marie-Claude Simeone-Simelle (1997) , Robert Hetzron · London & New York: Routledge
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Severely endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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<100
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Regular contacts with Jibbali speakers have an effect upon this speech.
- DATE OF INFO
- 1983-1991; 1994-1995
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Arabic
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
Both in Oman and in the Yemen, Arabic is the language used for official intercourse (administration, school, army). Native speakers use their mother tongue for private purposes, in the family circle and with other speakers of the same language; many a speaker uses several MSAL, when these languages are closely related.
- PLACES
- Oman; Yemen
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
It is spoken on the border between Oman and the Yemen (in the area of Jadib and Hawf, and Haberut seems to be the northern boundary of their area).