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Yemenite Judeo-Arabic | |
Native to | Israel, Yemen |
Ethnicity | Yemenite Jews |
Native speakers | 38,000 (2010–2018)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | jye |
Glottolog | jude1267 |
ELP | Judeo-Yemeni Arabic |
Judeo-Yemeni Arabic (also known as Judeo-Yemeni and Yemenite Judeo-Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Yemen. The language is quite different from mainstream Yemeni Arabic,[citation needed] and is written in the Hebrew alphabet. The cities of Sana'a, Aden, al-Bayda, and Habban District and the villages in their districts each have (or had) their own dialect.[2]
The vast majority of Yemenite Jews have relocated to Israel and have shiftedtoModern Hebrew as their first language. In 1995, Israel was home to 50,000 speakers of Judeo-Yemeni in 1995, while 1,000 remained in Yemen.[2] According to Yemeni rabbi al-Marhabi, most of these have since left for the United States. In 2010, fewer than 300 Jews were believed to remain in Yemen.[3] As of 2022[update], only one Jew is believed to remain in Yemen.[4]
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