Harsusi language

E339263

Harsusi is a critically endangered Modern South Arabian language spoken by a small community in Oman’s Dhofar region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Harsusi language canonical 10
Harsusi Arabicized 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Modern South Arabian language ⓘ
Semitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Sultanate of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Oman
countryOfficialLanguageOf none ⓘ
domainOfUse community oral traditions ⓘ
home ⓘ
endangermentStatus critically endangered ⓘ
geographicEnvironment desert plateau ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Harsiyyet ⓘ
Harsusi ⓘ
Harsusi Arabicized ⓘ
linked to: Harsusi language

Hersyet ⓘ
hasGlottocode hars1242 ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearchBy Janet C. E. Watson ⓘ
T. M. Johnstone ⓘ
hasNoOfficialStatusIn Oman ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
lateral fricatives ⓘ
pharyngeal consonants ⓘ
intergenerationalTransmission severely disrupted ⓘ
isNotDialectOf Arabic language ⓘ
linked to: Arabic
ISO639-3Code hss ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageContactWith Arabic language ⓘ
linked to: Arabic

Mehri language ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup Modern South Arabian languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch South Semitic languages ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith Bathari language ⓘ
Mehri language ⓘ
linguisticArea Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
mainSpeakerOccupation pastoralists ⓘ
numberOfSpeakersEstimate few hundred ⓘ
primaryScriptUsage mostly unwritten ⓘ
region southern Oman ⓘ
shiftPressureFrom Arabic language ⓘ
linked to: Arabic
spokenIn Dhofar Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Dhofar

Jiddat al-Harasis ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
typologicalFeature consonantal root system ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
verb-initial word order tendency ⓘ
UNESCOEndangermentCategory critically endangered ⓘ
usedByCommunity Harasis people ⓘ
linked to: Harsusi people
vitalityTrend declining ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Modern South Arabian languages → hasPart → Harsusi language ⓘ
Soqotri people → relatedLanguage → Harsusi language ⓘ
Soqotri language → closelyRelatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
Mehri language → closelyRelatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
Harsusi language → hasAlternativeName → Harsusi Arabicized ⓘ
linked to: Harsusi language
Bathari language → relatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
Hobyot language → relatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
Shehri language → relatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ
MSA languages → hasMember → Harsusi language ⓘ
Harsusi → hasAlternativeName → Harsusi language ⓘ
Hobyot → isRelatedTo → Harsusi language ⓘ