Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni

JYE

vigorous

Alternate Names: Judeo-Yemeni, Yemenite Judeo-Arabic

Dialects: ’Aden, Be:da, Habban, San’a. Jewish varieties markedly different from their coterritorial Muslim counterparts. A member of macrolanguage Judeo-Arabic ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
Central
South
Arabic

Demographics: 50,000 in Israel (1995 Y. Kara). Population total all countries: 51,000.

Writing System: Hebrew

Nation of Origin: Israel

Other Comments: Jewish.