Mehri - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Mehri - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Rubin, Aaron D.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062715
Doc. NO	:	ALei3112
Main Entry	:	Rubin, Aaron D.
Title & Author	:	Mehri - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Rubin, Aaron D.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,264 words)
Abstract	:	Mehri is one of the six Modern South Arabian languages that form a unique branch of West Semitic spoken in the eastern part of Yemen (al-Mahra province) and in the southwestern part of Oman (primarily in Dhofar/Ḍufār province), as well as by a small number of speakers in adjacent areas of Saudi Arabia. The total number of Mehri speakers is unknown, but the number is probably at least 130,000, with more than half of this group living in Yemen. The language has a number of regional dialects,
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3112.pdf