Faifi language
Possible descendant of Old South Arabian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Faifi is a possible descendant of Old South Arabian language and is spoken by about 50,000 people[2] in the vicinity of the Fifa Mountains in the southwestern corner of Saudi Arabia and across the border in Jebel Minabbih, Yemen. Along with Razihi, it is possibly the only other possible surviving descendant of the Old South Arabian branch of Central Semitic.
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Faifi | |
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ʾal-lahja ʾal-Fayfiya, Ḫawlāniya | |
/həɾʒət ʔahɪl fəjfə/ | |
Native to | Saudi Arabia, Yemen |
Region | Jebel Fayfa, Jebel Minabbih |
Native speakers | 50,000 (2019)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | fif |
Glottolog | faif1234 |
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