Yemeni Arabic

With Yemeni Arabic is generally described as the Yemeni dialect that is spoken Arabic colloquial language as it is used in Yemen.

Characteristics of dialect

The Yemeni - Arab is (similar to Syrian Arabic) the high- Arab ( Fus'ha ), so the general written Arabic, very close, but it also has some characteristics that distinguish it from the standard language. Nevertheless, the Yemeni dialect the Fus'ha comes very close. The Yemeni dialect is closely related to the dialect of Saudi Arabia. About the North Yemen dialects - so there is not only a Yemeni dialect - Peter Behnstedt has researched and a linguistic atlas created ( Wiesbaden 1985). After Ettore Rossi ( 1939) also Hamdi Qafîsheh examined the dialect of San'a ' (1993).

Dissemination

Like all dialects of Yemeni Arabic is only spoken, for correspondence, the Standard Arabic is generally used. However, it can also have a tendency actually for the dialect find, such as in some Internet forums in which (though often in the Latin alphabet ) Write some users in the Arabic dialect. However, the written form of the Yemeni Arabic is subject to neither spelling nor has an official status.