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ISO 639-3 · sshssh
Afroasiatic family

Shihhi Arabic

Shihhi Arabic is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Oman and United Arab Emirates.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
ssh
Glottocode
shih1239
Wikipedia
17 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameShihhi Arabic
Also calledShehhi Arabic

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Afroasiatic to Shihhi Arabic

The branches above Shihhi Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

309Afroasiaticfamily79SemiticbranchsshShihhi Arabiclanguage
where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Shihhi Arabic is spoken
Map: Fobos92 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Oman17 languages in the indexUnited Arab Emirates11 languages in the index

Also spoken in Oman

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalsylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationlrlAchomiIndo-European · 100,0006a · VigorousafbGulf ArabicAfroasiatic3 · Wider CommunicationgdqMehriAfroasiatic7 · ShiftingzumKumzariIndo-European8a · MoribundacxOmani ArabicAfroasiatic6a · VigorousshvShehriAfroasiatic6b · ThreatenedadfDhofari ArabicAfroasiatic6a · VigorousabvBahrani ArabicAfroasiatic3 · Wider Communication