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Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Spoken

  • Alternate names: Southern Yemeni Spoken Arabic Also: in Djibouti -- Djibouti Arabic
  • Scriptures published: None
  • Literacy: Literacy rate in second language: 10%
  • Primary country: Yemen
  • Region: All provinces except the 2 east and the northeast ones. Probably a few in United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia
  • Also used in: Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Somalia, United Kingdom
  • Religion: Muslim (Zaydi)
  • Status: De facto language of provincial identity in Yemen
  • Number of users: 7,078,500 (6,760,000; 36,000)

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

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