Baṭḥari
[aka Boṭaḥārī, Bathari, Bautahari]Classification: Afro-Asiatic
·severely endangered
- MORE ON VITALITY
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Highly endangered
- PLACES
- Oman
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Spoken in a small region of Dhofar
Language metadata
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Boṭaḥārī, Bathari, Bautahari, Botahari, Bathara, Batahari |
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Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Modern South Arabian |
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ISO 639-3 |
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bhm |
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Language information by source
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Information from: “The Structure of Mehri” . Janet C.E. Watson (2012) Harrassowitz
Information from: “The Structure of Mehri” . Janet C.E. Watson (2012) Harrassowitz
Information from: “Glottolog” .
Information from: “The Modern South Arabian Languages” (378-423) . Marie-Claude Simeone-Simelle (1997) , Robert Hetzron · London & New York: Routledge
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Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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~300
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Around 300 (per Morris 1983:130)
- DATE OF INFO
- 1983
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Arabic
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
Both in Oman and in the Yemen, Arabic is the language used for official intercourse (administration, school, army). Native speakers use their mother tongue for private purposes, in the family circle and with other speakers of the same language; many a speaker uses several MSAL, when these languages are closely related.
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Bathari is the language of the Batahira who live on the south-western coast of Oman, in the Jazir area, between Hasik and Ras Sharbithat
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press