Southwestern Iranian language of Oman and United Arab Emirates
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Kumzari
Native to
Oman, United Arab Emirates
Region
Kumzar, Hajar Mountains
Ethnicity
Kumzar, Shihuh[1]
Native speakers
6,000 (2020)[2]
Language family
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
Western Iranian
Southwestern
Kumzari
Language codes
ISO 639-3
zum
Glottolog
kumz1235
ELP
Kumzari
Kumzari (Persian: کومزاری, Arabic: اللغة كمزارية) is a Southwestern Iranian language that is similar to the Persian, Achomi and Luri languages.[3] Although vulnerable, it survives today with between 4,000 and 5,000 speakers.[4] It is spoken by Kumzaris on the Kumzar coast of Musandam Peninsula (northern Oman) as well as the Shihuh in the United Arab Emirates.[5] Kumzari speakers can also be found in the towns of Dibba and Khasab as well as various villages, and on Larak Island.
Kumzari is the only Iranian language spoken exclusively in the Arabian Peninsula.
^THOMAS, BERTRAM; Edmonds, BERTRAM THOMAS. The Kumzari Dialect of the Shihuh Tribe, Arabia, and a Vocabulary.
^Kumzari at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran, Part 3, Volume 7. ISBN 9783406093975.
^Anonby, Erik J (2013). "Stress-induced Vowel Lengthening and Harmonization in Kumzari". Orientalia Suecana. 61: 54–58. OCLC 1026776205.
^THOMAS, BERTRAM; Edmonds, BERTRAM THOMAS. The Kumzari Dialect of the Shihuh Tribe, Arabia, and a Vocabulary.
delimiters. Kumzari (Persian: کومزاری, Arabic: اللغة كمزارية) is a Southwestern Iranian language that is similar to the Persian, Achomi and Luri languages. Although...
Kumzari may refer to: Kumzarilanguage, an Iranian language spoken in northern Oman Kumzari people, an ethnic group of Iranian and Arab origin who speak...
speak the Kumzari language along with the Shihuh tribe who are Arabs unlike the Kumzar. They are traditional fisherman. The Kumzari are said to have been...
their own language, known as Kumzari. There are multiple hypotheses on the origin of the name 'Kumzar.' A large number of native Kumzaris believe that...
the Kumzarilanguage to the point where some Kumzari families have begun to speak Arabic to their children at home. The Modern South Arabian languages have...
to the Strait of Hormuz in the south. The language is closely related to Bashkardi, Larestani and Kumzari. It forms a transitional dialect group to northwestern...
An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native...
native language is Achomi. Many Ajam Emiratis, particularly those in Ras Al Khaimah and Dibba, are of Kumzari ancestry and also communicate in Kumzari. Additionally...
Hormozgan. The language is closely related to Garmsiri, Larestani and Kumzari. It forms a transitional dialect group to northwestern Iranian Balochi...
Marwan al-Shehhi THOMAS, BERTRAM; Edmonds, BERTRAM THOMAS (1930). "The Kumzari Dialect of the Shihuh Tribe, Arabia, and a Vocabulary". The Journal of...
northern section of Musandam, around Kumzar, the language is Kumzari, which is a southwestern Iranian language closely related to Larestani and Luri. The Musandam...
Bahrani Arabic. The Lurs language of Kumzari is also spoken by Omani people of Musandam Peninsula. Kumzari is the only Iranian language native to the Arab world...
Kurdish languages the Zaza–Gorani languages Yaghnobi (borrowed from Arabic) Judeo-Tat (borrowed from Arabic and Hebrew) Kumzari Nuristani languages: Kalasha-ala...
the population consists of Arabs, with many of these Arabs being Swahili language speakers and returnees from the Swahili Coast, particularly Zanzibar. Additionally...
(PDF). United states institute of peace. Retrieved 15 September 2020. "Kumzari". Planhol, Xavier de. "IRAN i. LANDS OF IRAN". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol...
Arabic: The Emergence and Proliferation of Uvular-Pharyngeal Emphasis in Kumzari (2020) Toward a Picture of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran, as...
linguistic names. Language portal Constructed language and List of constructed languagesLanguage (for information about language in general) Language observatory...
Islam by the 10th century. The word Parsi is derived from the Persian language, and literally translates to Persian (پارسی, Pārsi). The Parsi and Irani...
the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris' [10r]. British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. p. 9...
group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically...
Endangered indigenous languages in Oman include Kumzari, Bathari, Harsusi, Hobyot, Jibbali and Mehri. Omani Sign Language is the language of the deaf community...
historical and living languages including Old Norse, Norwegian, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Latin, Larestani, Kumzari, Bashkardi, Pashto...
the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris' [10r]. British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. pp. 33–36...
the Middle Iranian rōstāg, meaning "district" (also in Baluchi, Persian, Kumzari, etc.), New Iranian rusta, meaning a 'large village.' The term is a cognate...
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