Areas where Yemeni Arabic is spoken (in dark blue those areas where it is widely spoken).(The map does not indicate where the language is majority or minority.)
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.
Yemeni Arabic (Arabic: لهجة يمنية, romanized: Lahja Yamaniyyah) is a cluster of varieties of Arabic spoken in Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia.[2] It is generally considered a very conservative dialect cluster, having many classical features not found across most of the Arabic-speaking world.
Yemeni Arabic can be divided roughly into several main dialect groups, each with its own distinctive vocabulary and phonology. The four most important groups are San'ani in the North and Centre and Hadhrami in the East, where ⟨ق⟩ is pronounced [g] and ⟨ج⟩ is [d͡ʒ] or [ʄ] (except in coastal Hadhrami where ⟨ج⟩ is [j]), in addition to Ta'izzi-Adeni in the South and Tihami in the West, where ⟨ق⟩ is [q] and ⟨ج⟩ is [g]. Yemeni Arabic is used for daily communications and has no official status; Modern Standard Arabic is used for official purposes, education, commerce and media.
Non-Arabic South Semitic languages indigenous to the region include several Modern South Arabian languages, such as the Mehri and Soqotri languages, which are members of an independent branch of the Semitic family. Another separate Semitic family once spoken in the region is Old South Arabian; these became extinct in the pre-Islamic period with the possible exceptions of Razihi and Faifi. Some of these share areal features with Yemeni Arabic owing to influence from or on Yemeni Arabic.
Yemeni Arabic itself is influenced by Himyaritic, Modern South Arabian and Old South Arabian languages and possesses significant substratum from these languages.[3]
^Hadhrami Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Sanaani Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Judeo-Yemeni Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^Dalby, Andrew (1999). Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages. Bloomsbury Pub Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 978-0231115681.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2017-05-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
YemeniArabic (Arabic: لهجة يمنية, romanized: Lahja Yamaniyyah) is a cluster of varieties of Arabic spoken in Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia. It...
The Yemeni Socialist Party (Arabic: الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني, al-Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Yamani, YSP) is a political party in Yemen. A successor of Yemen's National...
Flag of the Yemeni Interior Ministry. Flag of the Yemeni Republican Guard Flag of the Yemeni Special Security Forces The Federalization of Yemen or the Federal...
the value of the Yemeni rial has fallen significantly. The Yemeni civil war has caused the currency to diverge. In southern Yemen, which is primarily...
currently headquartered in Yemen, of which four are state-owned. The Yemeni film industry is in its early stages; only eight Yemeni films have been released...
the Yemeni kitchen is based on similar foundations across the country. The generous offering of food to guests is one of the customs in Yemeni culture...
The Kingdom of Yemen (Arabic: المملكة اليمنية, romanized: al-Mamlakah al-Yamanīyah), officially the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (Arabic: المملكة المتوكلية...
Yemeni diaspora refers to Yemeni migrants and their descendants who, whether by choice or coercion, emigrated from Yemen and now reside in other countries...
president of the Republic of Yemen (Arabic: رئيس الجمهورية اليمنية) is the head of state of Yemen. Under the Constitution of Yemen, the president is also the...
Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic (ISO 639–3:yud) Judeo-Tunisian Arabic Judeo-YemeniArabic (ISO 639–3:jye) Nubi – (ISO 639–3: kcn) Maridi Arabic Modern Standard Arabic – (ISO...
Yemeni unification (Arabic: الوحدة اليمنية, romanized: al-waḥda al-Yamaniyya) took place on May 22, 1990, when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen...
former members of the Yemeni Republican Guard and Central Security Organization commanded by Tareq Saleh, nephew of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah...
Yemeni Americans are Americans of Yemeni ancestry. According to an estimate in 2010, more than 100,000 Yemenis live in the United States. Although it is...
l-Yaman d-Dimoqrâṭiya š-Šaʿbiya). National symbols of Yemen See Help:IPA/Arabic and YemeniArabic. Often sung as أُمَمِيَّا omamiyâ [u.mæ.mi.jæ]. Reed...
Peninsular Arabic are the varieties of Arabic spoken throughout the Arabian Peninsula. This includes the countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United...
them: "The people of Yemen have come to you. They are weaker in heart and softer in understanding, faith is Yemeni and wisdom is Yemeni." But the rest of...
the different areas of this empire, like Omani Arabic, YemeniArabic, Persian, Balochi and Swahili. Arabic (alongside English) was an official language...
the Republic of Yemen. They include the Yemeni Army (including the Republican Guard), Yemeni Navy (including the Marines) and the Yemeni Air Force (including...
leaders, in addition to Yemeni Socialist Party figures such as al-Beidh and Attas, included some prominent personalities from South Yemeni history such as Abdallah...
Ministry of Interior Emblem of the Republic of Yemen Armed Forces Emblem of the Yemeni Army Emblem of the Yemeni Navy Heraldry portal Middle East portal Coat...
malaria water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2009) noun: Yemeni(s) adjective: Yemeni In 2007 the birthrate and death rate were estimated to be 42...
Global Information
