Baṭḥari language

Bathari
Bathari
Batahari
Pronunciation	[batˤħari]
Native to	Oman
Region	Dhofar Province
Native speakers	16 (2016)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Modern South Arabian Bathari; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bhm
Glottolog	bath1244
ELP	Baṭḥari
	Modern South Arabian Languages

Baṭḥari (Arabic: اللغة البطحرية "Baṭḥari language") is a nearly extinct Afro-Asiatic language of Oman, located on the southeast coast facing the Khuriya Muriya Islands (17°40′46″N 55°22′19″E). The language is very similar to Mehri and some members of the Bathari tribe speak Mehri instead of Bathari.

The first westerner to discover the existence of Bathari was Bertram Thomas in 1929.

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