ISO 639-3 · hsshss
Afroasiatic family
Harsusi
Harsusi is a language of the Modern South Arabian branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Oman. Wikidata describes it as “Semitic language closely related to Mehri spoken natively in Oman”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hss- Glottocode
hars1241- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Harsusi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Harsusi language |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Harsusi
The branches above Harsusi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Oman
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafesylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationlrlAchomiIndo-European · 100,0006a · VigorousafbGulf ArabicAfroasiatic3 · Wider CommunicationzumKumzariIndo-European8a · MoribundacxOmani ArabicAfroasiatic6a · VigorousadfDhofari ArabicAfroasiatic6a · VigorousabvBahrani ArabicAfroasiatic3 · Wider CommunicationsshShihhi ArabicAfroasiatic6a · Vigorous