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- Sanʽani Arabic
ISO 639-3 · aynayn
Afroasiatic family
Sanʽani Arabic
Sanʽani Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Yemen. Wikidata counts 11.4 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “form of Yemeni Arabic spoken in Sanaa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ayn- Glottocode
sana1295- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
11.4 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sanʽani Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sanani Arabic, Sannani Arabic, Sanaani Arabic, Sanaani Spoken Arabic |
| L1 speakers | 11,400,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Sanʽani Arabic
The branches above Sanʽani Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
