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What Language Do They Speak in Yemen?
The official language of Yemen is Arabic. In total about 12 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Arabic (74%), Sanaani Arabic (40%) and Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic (37%).
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Living languages · #92
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Official languages of Yemen
All languages of Yemen (12)
| Language | Speakers here | Family | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 23,783,896 · 74% | Afro-Asiatic | Official |
| Sanaani Arabic | 13,000,000 · 40% | Afro-Asiatic | Safe |
| Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic | 12,000,000 · 37% | Afro-Asiatic | Safe |
| Hadrami Arabic | 5,100,000 · 16% | Afro-Asiatic | Safe |
| English | 2,892,636 · 9% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Mehri | 120,000 · 0.37% | Afro-Asiatic | Safe |
| Rāziḥī | 63,000 · 0.2% | Afro-Asiatic | Threatened |
| Soqotri | 50,000 · 0.16% | Afro-Asiatic | Vulnerable |
| Shehri | — | Afro-Asiatic | Vulnerable |
| Judeo-Yemeni Arabic | — | Afro-Asiatic | Threatened |
| Bathari | — | Afro-Asiatic | Moribund |
| Hobyót | — | Afro-Asiatic | Vulnerable |
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Frequently asked questions
What language do they speak in Yemen?
The official language of Yemen is Arabic. In total about 12 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Arabic (74%), Sanaani Arabic (40%) and Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic (37%).
What is the official language of Yemen?
Arabic.
Is English spoken in Yemen?
About 9% of people in Yemen speak English (2.9 million).
How many languages are spoken in Yemen?
About 12 living languages — #92 in the world for linguistic diversity. 3 of them are endangered.
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).