Razihi language

Jabal Razih
Razihi
Native to Yemen
Language codes
ISO 639-3 rzh
Glottolog jaba1234[1]

Razihi (Rāziḥī), the language of Jabal Razih in the far northwestern corner of Yemen,[2] is the only surviving descendent of the Old South Arabian languages.[1]

Classical Arabic

References

  1. 1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Jabal Razih". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. 1 2 Watson, Glover-Stalls, Al-razihi, & Weir (2006), "The language of Jabal Rāziḥ: Arabic or something else?", Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 36:35–41
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