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Arabic variety spoken in Oman and the UAE From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shihhi Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة الشحية, romanized: Al-Lahjah Al-Shihhiyya, also known as Shehhi, Khasabi, Musandam Arabic, or Ruʾūs al-Jibāl Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and Ras al Khaimah emirate of UAE.[1] The Al Shehhi, Al Hebsi, Al Dhuhoori and Al Shemaili tribes speak it.
Shihhi Arabic | |
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Native to | United Arab Emirates, Oman |
Speakers | 38,000 (2020)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ssh |
Glottolog | shih1239 |
Phoneme/Sound | Allophones | Notes |
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/i/ [i] | [ɪ] | when in closed syllables |
/a/ [æ] | [æ] | as the standard relisation, when in neutral environments or open syllables |
[ɐ] | in closed syllables | |
[a] | when occurring after a pharyngeal or glottal consonant | |
[ɑ] | when within the vicinity of the velarized or pharyngealized, or uvular consonants | |
/o/ [o] | [ɔ], [ʊ] | in free variation |
/u/ [u] | [ʊ] | in free variation |
[ɔ] | when preceded by a pharyngeal or velarized consonant | |
/iː/ [iː] | [ɨː] | when preceded by /q/ |
[iːᵊ] | offglide, when followed by a velarized/pharyngealized consonant | |
[ᵊiː] | onglide, when preceded by a velarized/pharyngealized consonant | |
/eː/ [eː] | [ɘː] | when preceded by /q/ |
[ɪː] | when preceded by /b/ | |
[iː] | when preceding or following /j/ | |
[eːᵊ] | offglide, when followed by a velarized/pharyngealized consonant | |
[ᵊeː] | onglide, when preceded by a velarized/pharyngealized consonant | |
/aː/ [æː] | [æː] | when in neutral environments or open syllables |
[aː] | when after a glottal stop /ʔ/ | |
[ɑː] | within the position of a velarized/pharyngealized consonant or /ɻ/ consonant | |
/oː/ [ɔː] | [ɔː] | as the standard realization |
[oː] | when preceded be a labial, alveolar, or palatal consonant | |
[ʊː] | when preceded by /ɻ/ | |
/uː/ [uː] | [ʊː] | in free variation |
[oː] | within the position of a velarized/pharyngealized consonant |
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