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    Judeo-Yemeni Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Yemen. Approximately 50,000 speakers now live in Israel, with 1,000 remaining in Yemen. The language differs from mainstream Yemeni Arabic and may be split into several subdialects including those of San'a, 'Aden, Be:da, and Habban. It is native to speakers in Israel and Yemen.

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    Judeo-Yemeni Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Yemen. Approximately 50,000 speakers now live in Israel, with 1,000 remaining in Yemen. The language differs from mainstream Yemeni Arabic and may be split into several subdialects including those of San'a, 'Aden, Be:da, and Habban. It is native to speakers in Israel and Yemen.

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    Judeo-Yemeni Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Yemen. Approximately 50,000 speakers now live in Israel, with 1,000 remaining in Yemen. The language differs from mainstream Yemeni Arabic and may be split into several subdialects including those of San'a, 'Aden, Be:da, and Habban. It is native to speakers in Israel and Yemen.

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    Judeo-Yemeni Arabic

    Judeo-Yemeni Arabic
    Judeo-Yemeni Arabic
    Nativeto Native speakers Israel, Yemen 50,000 (1995) [1]

    Language family Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic South Central Semitic Arabic Writing system Hebrew alphabet Language codes ISO 639-3 jye Judeo-Yemeni Arabic

    Judeo-Yemeni Arabic (also known as Judeo-Yemeni, Yemenite Judeo-Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Yemen. 50,000 speakers now live in Israel, 1,000 remain in Yemen. The language is quite different from mainstream Yemeni Arabic. The language may be split into the subdialects of San`a, `Aden, Be:da, and Habban.[2]

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    [1] Judeo-Yemeni Arabic reference (http:/ / www. ethnologue. com/ language/ jye) at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) [2] Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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    Judeo-Yemeni Arabic Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=574834716 Contributors: Aelfthrytha, CharlesMartel, Enlil Ninlil, Gilliam, Jon Harald Sby, Kwamikagami, Mo-Al, Parishan, PiMaster3, Sardanaphalus, Shenme, Solar-Wind, Taivo, Tpbradbury, 9 anonymous edits

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