Hobyót language

Hobyót
Pronunciation[həbjuːt, hoːbjoːt]
Native toYemen, Oman
Native speakers
(200 cited 1998-2001)
Language codes
ISO 639-3hoh
Glottologhoby1242
ELPHobyot

Hobyót is a Semitic language. It is spoken by fewer than 500 people in Eastern Yemen and Western Oman. Hobyót could go extinct soon.

References

  1. ↑ Hobyót at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
  2. ↑ Simeone-Senelle, Marie-Claude. 2013. "Mehri and Hobyót spoken in Oman and in Yemen." Sciences de l'Homme et de la Societe HAL.