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- Yemeni Arabic (acq)


Yemeni Arabic is a cluster of varieties or group of languages of Arabic spoken in Yemen, southwestern Saudi Arabia and the Horn of Africa. It is generally considered a very conservative dialect cluster, having many classical features not found across most of the Arabic-speaking world. There are approximately 15 million native Yemeni Arabic speakers.

Yemeni Arabic can be divided into many dialect groups. The four main groups are San'ani in the North and Center and Hadhrami in the East, where ⟨ق⟩ is pronounced [g] and ⟨ج⟩ is [d͡ʒ] or [ɟ] (except in coastal Hadhrami where ⟨ج⟩ is [j]), in addition to Ta'izzi-Adeni in the South and Tihami in the West, where ⟨ق⟩ is [q] and ⟨ج⟩ is [g]. Yemeni Arabic is used for daily communications and has no official status; Modern Standard Arabic is used in official purposes, education, commerce and media.

Yemeni Arabic itself is influenced by Himyaritic, Modern South Arabian and Old South Arabian languages and possesses significant substratum from these languages.

Yemeni are amost 100% Islamic with about 65% Suni and 35% Zaydi. While the government is tolerant to other religions, proselyting is forbidden. Christianity is currently flourishing there at about twice the worldwide rate(5.2%).

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Arabic
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    Comparison of Arabic Dialects


    [MSA] تعالت أصوات الناس بالبكاء، بدأت أتحدث بانفعال و كأنني أهدي في الناس[/MSA]

    [ALG] عادو الناس يتباكاو بديت نهدر من قلبي تقول نهدي فالناس[/ALG]

    [ANB] عادوا الناس يتباكاو بديت نهدر بغش و ڨول عليا نهدي في الناس[/ANB]

    [TUN] البكاء و الحس كثر وليت نحكي بإنفعال كيني نهدي في الناس[/TUN]

    [PAL] صاروا الناس يصيحوا بصوت عالي وبديت احكي وانا منفعل وكأني بهدي في الناس[/PAL]

    [SYR] علي صوت الناس بالبكي و بلّشت أحكي بعصبية و كأني عم اهدي بالناس[/SYR]

    [MAR]ناس بداو تيتباكاو وبديت تنهدر ب نفعل بحال إلى تنهدي الناس[/MAR]

    English translation


    [MSA] People began to cry, I began to speak emotionally, as if I were calm in people[/MSA]

    [ALG] People began to weep again. I began to cry from my heart saying, "Let the people calm down."[/ALG]

    [ANB] People began to cry again, I began to be rude and deceived, and they told me to yell at people[/ANB]

    [TUN] Weeping and feeling too much, and I wish we could talk with emotion, like we calm down in people[/TUN]

    [PAL] People started shouting loudly, and I started talking while I was excited, as if I was calming down with people[/PAL]

    [SYR] At the sound of people crying, I began to talk nervously, as if I was guiding people[/SYR]

    [MAR]People began to sigh, and they began to sigh, but we will do it anyway, until people sigh[/MAR]