Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic
Arabic variety of Yemen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic or Southern Yemeni Arabic (Arabic: لهجة تعزية عدنية, romanized: lahja Taʿizzīyya-ʿAdanīyya) is a dialect of Arabic spoken primarily in Yemen. The dialect itself is further sub-divided into the regional vernaculars of Ta’izzi, spoken in Ta'izz, and Adeni, spoken in Aden. While both are spoken in Djibouti.
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Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic | |
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Southern Yemeni Arabic | |
لهجة تعزية عدنية | |
Native to | Yemen |
Region | Taiz, Aden |
Speakers | 12 million (2021)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | acq |
Glottolog | taiz1242 |
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The languages that existed in this region prior to the arrival of Arabic have had long lasting impacts upon the modern iteration of Ta’izzi-Adeni. Owing to this history, and a relative degree of geographic isolation, it has developed certain, distinctive phonological and vocabularic variations.