ISO 639-3 · hohhoh
Afroasiatic family
Hobyót
Hobyót is a language of the Modern South Arabian branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Oman and Yemen. Wikidata describes it as “endangered Semitic language spoken in a small area of Oman and neighboring Yemen”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hoh- Glottocode
hoby1242- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Hobyót |
|---|---|
| Also called | Hobyót language, Hobyot, Hobyot language, Hewbyót, Habyot |
| Written in | unwritten language |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Hobyót
The branches above Hobyót, 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