Shihhi Arabic

Shihhi Arabic (also known as Shehhi, Shihu, Shihuh, or Al-Shihuh) is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and Ras al Khaimah emirate of UAE.[3] The Al Shehhi, Al Hebsi and Al Shemaili tribes speak it.

Shihhi Arabic
Native toUnited Arab Emirates, Oman
Native speakers
15,000 (2001-2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ssh
Glottologshih1239[2]

See also

Notes

  1. "Arabic, Shihhi Spoken". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Shihhi Arabic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.


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