Harsusi language
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| Harsusi | ||
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| Spoken in: | Oman | |
| Region: | Jiddat al-Harasis, Dhofar Province | |
| Total speakers: | 1,000 to 2,000 (1998 H. Mutzafi) | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Semitic South Semitic South Arabian Harsusi |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | — | |
| ISO 639-3: | hss | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Harsusi is a Semitic language closely related to Mehri. It is spoken by 1000 to 2000 Harasis in Jiddat al-Harasis, Dhofar Province, Oman. Reportedly, the Harasis are increasing their use of the more dominant Mehri and are bilingual in Arabic.
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