Jibbali
[aka Jibbālī, Shehri, Śḥeri]Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·threatened
Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·threatened
Jibbālī, Shehri, Śḥeri, Šhaḥri, Śḥərɛ̄t, Geblet, Gəblɛ̄t, Sheret, Sehri, Shahari, Jibali, Ehkili, Qarawi |
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Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Modern South Arabian |
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Information from: “The Modern South Arabian Languages” (378-423) . Marie-Claude Simeone-Simelle (1997) , Robert Hetzron · London & New York: Routledge
The Batahira, who breed cattle in the mountains of Wadi Ezdah, east of the road to Thamrit, speak Jibbali (Morris 1983:143, n.1); the inhabitants of the Kuria Muria Islands are fishermen who speak a specific variety of the Jibbali language.
Arabic
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. When in contact with speakers of other MSAL languages, they resort to Arabic, as with Arabic speakers, because intercomprehension is impossible.
Both in Oman and in the Yemen, Arabic is the language used for official intercourse (administration, school, army).
Speakers live in the mountains of Dhofar
Information from: “Glottolog” .
Information from: “Harsusi Texts from Oman Based on the Field Materials of T. M. Johnstone” . Harry Stroomer (2004) Harrassowitz
Spoken in the mountains of Dhofar and in coastal villages (Raysut, Salala, Mirbat, Sidh)