Dhofari Arabic
Dhofari Arabic is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Oman.
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Dhofari Arabic, also known as Dhofari or Zofari, is a variety of Arabic spoken around Salalah in Oman's Dhofar Governorate. It has the ISO 639-3 language code "adf".
Formerly 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.
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Words in Dhofari Arabic
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | had* | |
| name | ism* | |
| eye | Xen* | |
| ear | 8in* | |
| nose | xuSum* | |
| tooth | 8aras* | |
| tongue | lisin* | |
| hand | yadd* | |
| blood | damm* | |
| bone | Xa8im* | |
| skin | gild* | |
| knee | rikba* | |
| breast | 8awidat* | |
| liver | kibda* | |
| water | may* | |
| fire | nar* | |
| sun | Sims* | |
| star | nigma* | |
| mountain | gabal* | |
| tree | Sagara* | |
| leaf | huSa* | |
| night | lel* | |
| dog | kuleb* | |
| fish | samaka* | |
| one | wahad* | |
| two | 8nen* | |
| I | ana* | |
| you | inta* | |
| we | nahana* | |
| drink | Sarab* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Ta'izzi-Adeni ArabicAfro-Asiatic67% alike
- Egyptian ArabicAfro-Asiatic63% alike
- Gulf ArabicAfro-Asiatic62% alike
- Omani ArabicAfro-Asiatic60% alike
- Gilit Mesopotamian ArabicAfro-Asiatic59% alike
- Hadrami ArabicAfro-Asiatic58% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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