| Shihhi Arabic | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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Shihhi Arabic ( Arabic: اللهجة الشحية, romanized: Al-Lahjah Al-Shihhiyya, also known as Shehhi, Musandam Arabic, or Ruʿūs 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.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | emph. | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
|
Stop/ Affricate |
voiceless | t | tˤ | k | q | ʔ | ||||
| voiced | b | d | dˤ | d͡ʒ | ( ɡ) | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | sˤ | ʃ | χ | ħ | h | ||
| voiced | z | ʁ | ( ʕ) | |||||||
| Tap | ɻ ~ ɽ | |||||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||||||
- Sounds / ɡ, ʕ/ are mainly heard in loan-words.
- / ħ/ may be heard as a voiced glottal [ ɦ] when before voiced consonants.
- The retroflex / ɻ/ may have four different allophones; as a flap [ ɽ] when in intervocalic positions, as an alveolar [ ɹ] when before front vowels, or as an alveolar tap or trill [ ɾ, r] when in word-medial position following a consonant. [2]
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː |
| Mid | eː | ( o) oː |
| Open | a aː | |
| Phoneme/Sound | Allophones | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| /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 |
See also
Notes
- ^
a
b
Shihhi Arabic at
Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Bernabela, Roy S. (2011). A phonology and morphology sketch of the Šiħħi Arabic dialect of əlǦēdih (Oman). Leiden University.
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| Shihhi Arabic | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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Shihhi Arabic ( Arabic: اللهجة الشحية, romanized: Al-Lahjah Al-Shihhiyya, also known as Shehhi, Musandam Arabic, or Ruʿūs 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.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | emph. | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
|
Stop/ Affricate |
voiceless | t | tˤ | k | q | ʔ | ||||
| voiced | b | d | dˤ | d͡ʒ | ( ɡ) | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | sˤ | ʃ | χ | ħ | h | ||
| voiced | z | ʁ | ( ʕ) | |||||||
| Tap | ɻ ~ ɽ | |||||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||||||
- Sounds / ɡ, ʕ/ are mainly heard in loan-words.
- / ħ/ may be heard as a voiced glottal [ ɦ] when before voiced consonants.
- The retroflex / ɻ/ may have four different allophones; as a flap [ ɽ] when in intervocalic positions, as an alveolar [ ɹ] when before front vowels, or as an alveolar tap or trill [ ɾ, r] when in word-medial position following a consonant. [2]
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː |
| Mid | eː | ( o) oː |
| Open | a aː | |
| Phoneme/Sound | Allophones | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| /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 |
See also
Notes
- ^
a
b
Shihhi Arabic at
Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Bernabela, Roy S. (2011). A phonology and morphology sketch of the Šiħħi Arabic dialect of əlǦēdih (Oman). Leiden University.
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| Official and national language (Dialects) | ||
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| Semiofficial language | ||
| Minority languages | ||
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