Hobyót
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Hobyót (Arabic: لغة هوبيوت , also known as Hewbyót, Habyot, or Hobi), natively known as Weyheybyot, is one of the six Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL), a group of South Semitic languages spoken in the southern Arabian Peninsula. A severely-endangered Semitic language on the verge of extinction, it is spoken in a small area near the Yemen-Oman border. The speaking population is estimated to be about 1000 in Oman and 40 in Yemen, though the true number may be less.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Hobyót
- Language.pronunciation
- ,
- Language.states
- Yemen, Oman
- Language.speakers
- 500
- Language.date
- 1998-2010
- Language.ref
- e25
- Language.familycolor
- Afro-Asiatic
- Language.fam2
- Semitic
- Language.fam3
- West Semitic
- Language.fam4
- South Semitic
- Language.fam5
- Southeast Semitic
- Language.iso3
- hoh
- Language.map
- Modern South Arabian Languages.svg
- Language.glotto
- hoby1242
- Language.glottorefname
- Hobyot
- Language.map2
- Lang Status 40-SE.svg
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- History of documentation
- Geographic distribution
- Phonology
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Endangerment
- References
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Hobyót (Arabic: لغة هوبيوت , also known as Hewbyót, Habyot, or Hobi), natively known as Weyheybyot, is one of the six Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL), a group of South Semitic languages spoken in the southern Arabian Peninsula. A severely-endangered Semitic language on the verge of extinction, it is spoken in a small area near the Yemen-Oman border. The speaking population is estimated to be about 1000 in Oman and 40 in Yemen, though the true number may be less.
Its usage is less associated with a specific community or tribe of people, and more related to the geographical area in which it is spoken (the mountainous Dhufar/Yemen border). Much of the information regarding Hobyot's existence originated through the study of the more dominant, neighboring Modern South Arabian languages like Mehri and Jibbali. A clear linguistic description of Hobyot is difficult, as many speakers mix Mehri into their speech around outsiders.