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Shehri | |
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Jibbali | |
Pronunciation | [dʒibbaːli][1] |
Native to | Oman |
Region | Dhofar |
Native speakers | 85,000 (2020)[2] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | shv |
Glottolog | sheh1240 |
ELP | Jibbali |
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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.[3]