Dhofari Arabic | |
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Zofari Arabic | |
Native to | Oman |
Speakers | 130,000 (2020) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
Arabic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
adf |
Glottolog |
dhof1235 |
Location of Dhofari Arabic |
Dhofari Arabic, also known as Dhofari or Zofari, is a variety of Arabic spoken around Salalah in Oman's Dhofar Governorate. [1] [2] It has the ISO 639-3 language code "adf". [3]
Nomadic and sedentary communities living in the area speak Dhofari Arabic as a first language, second language, or lingua franca, with varying degrees of fluency. [4]
Labial | Interdental | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | emph. | plain | emph. | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | |||||||||
Stop | voiceless | t | tˤ | k | q | ʔ | |||||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | θ | s | sˤ | ʃ | x | ħ | h | ||
voiced | ð | ðˤ | z | ( ʒ) | ɣ | ʕ | |||||
Tap | ɾ | ||||||||||
Approximant | l | ( lˤ) | j | w |
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close | i iː | u uː |
Mid | eː | oː |
Open | a aː |
Phoneme | Sound/Allophones |
---|---|
/i/ | [i], [ɪ] |
/a/ | [æ], [ɑ] |
/u/ | [u], [ʊ] |
/aː/ | [æː], [ɑː] |
Dhofari Arabic | |
---|---|
Zofari Arabic | |
Native to | Oman |
Speakers | 130,000 (2020) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
Arabic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
adf |
Glottolog |
dhof1235 |
Location of Dhofari Arabic |
Dhofari Arabic, also known as Dhofari or Zofari, is a variety of Arabic spoken around Salalah in Oman's Dhofar Governorate. [1] [2] It has the ISO 639-3 language code "adf". [3]
Nomadic and sedentary communities living in the area speak Dhofari Arabic as a first language, second language, or lingua franca, with varying degrees of fluency. [4]
Labial | Interdental | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | emph. | plain | emph. | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | |||||||||
Stop | voiceless | t | tˤ | k | q | ʔ | |||||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | θ | s | sˤ | ʃ | x | ħ | h | ||
voiced | ð | ðˤ | z | ( ʒ) | ɣ | ʕ | |||||
Tap | ɾ | ||||||||||
Approximant | l | ( lˤ) | j | w |
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close | i iː | u uː |
Mid | eː | oː |
Open | a aː |
Phoneme | Sound/Allophones |
---|---|
/i/ | [i], [ɪ] |
/a/ | [æ], [ɑ] |
/u/ | [u], [ʊ] |
/aː/ | [æː], [ɑː] |