Mehri

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Alternate Names: Mahri

Dialects: Eastern Mehri (Mehriyot), Western Mehri (Mehriyet). Within main dialects there are also differences between Bedouin and city varieties.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
South
South Arabian

Demographics: 50,000 in Yemen (2011). Population total all countries: 115,200.

Language Development: Dictionary. Bible portions: 1902.

Nation of Origin: Yemen

Other Comments: Spoken by the Mahra. Many ethnic Mehri in Yemen are Arabic L1 speakers. Muslim.