Alternate Names: Northern Yemeni Arabic
Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Arabic ,.
Status Notes: De facto language of provincial identity in North Yemen.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 7,600,000 (1996).
Language Use: Also use Standard Arabic [arb].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 10%.
Nation of Origin: Yemen
Other Comments: Distinct from Hadrami , and Ta’izzi-Adeni Arabic ,. Muslim (Zaydi).