Faifi

Faifi is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Saudi Arabia.

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Faifi · 17.3°N 43.1°E

Faifi is a possible descendant of Ancient South Arabian and is spoken by about 50,000 people in the vicinity of the Fifa Mountains in the southwestern corner of Saudi Arabia and across the border in Jebel Minabbih, Yemen. Along with the Razihi and Rijal Alma languages, it is possibly the only other surviving descendant of the Ancient South Arabian branch of South Semitic.

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Words in Faifi

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	m3xlug*
ear	8ananin*
nose	xuSmin*
tooth	n3jb3*
hand	jad*
water	may*
tree	h3jZ*
night	hudw3*
dog	C3lb*
one	waXid*
two	i8n*
I	7ana*
you	73nt3*
we	73nXim*
see	7ar3j*
die	mit*
come	7at*
path	x3tt3*
new	Xazb*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Jabal Razih Minaean Yemeni Sign Language Sanaani Arabic Sabaic Judeo-Yemeni Arabic Dahalik Qatabanian Saho Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic

Elsewhere

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