Shehri

SHV

threatened

Alternate Names: Ehkili, Geblet, Jibali, Jibbali, Qarawi, Sehri, Shahari, Sheret

Dialects: Central Jibbali, Eastern Jibbali, Western Jibbali. Eastern Jibbali includes Kuria Muria (Baby Jibbali). Reportedly increasingly bilingual in Dhofari Arabic ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
South
South Arabian

Demographics: 25,000 (1993 census).

Nation of Origin: Oman

Other Comments: Spoken by Qara (Ehkeló, Ahkló), Shahra (Sheró, Shahara), Barahama, Bait Ash-Shaik, and some Batahira. Muslim.