ISO 639-3 · shvshv
Afroasiatic family
Shehri
Shehri is a language of the Modern South Arabian branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Oman. Wikidata describes it as “Modern South Arabian language spoken in Dhofar Province in the southwest of the Oman”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
shv- Glottocode
sheh1240- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 21 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Shehri |
|---|---|
| Also called | Jibbāli, Shehri language, Jibbali language, Ehkili |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
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 Shehri
The branches above Shehri, 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