Afro-Asiatic · ISO 639-3 acq
Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Language لهجة تعزية-عدنية
Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by about 12 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Perso-Arabic script.
Where Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic
Language family
- Afro-Asiatic
- Semitic
- West Semitic
- Central Semitic
- Arabian
- Arabic
- Arabian Peninsula Arabic
- Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic
Writing system
Perso-Arabic script
Related languages
About the Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic language
Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic (لهجة تعزية-عدنية) is spoken by about 12 million people, which makes it the 103rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Kinyarwanda (12 million) and ahead of Shona (12 million). It belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family and, more precisely, to the Arabian Peninsula Arabic group within the West Semitic branch.
Where is Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic spoken?
Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Yemen (12 million).
Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic is written in the Perso-Arabic script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Sanaani Arabic, Hijazi Arabic, Hadrami Arabic, Omani Arabic, Najdi Arabic, Standard Arabic and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 acq.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.