Shehri language

Shehri
Shehri
Jibbali
Pronunciation	[dʒibbaːli]
Native to	Oman
Region	Dhofar
Native speakers	85,000 (2020)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Modern South Arabian Eastern Modern South Arabian Shehri; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	shv
Glottolog	sheh1240
ELP	Jibbali

Shehri (Arabic: شحرية), also known as Jibbali ("mountain" language in Omani Arabic), is a Modern South Arabian language; it and the three island varieties of Soqoṭri comprise the eastern branch of Modern South Arabian. It is spoken by a small native population inhabiting the coastal towns and the mountains and wilderness areas upland from Salalah, located in the Dhofar Governorate in southwestern Oman. The autonym for speakers is əḥklí, plural əḥkló.

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