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| ==Description==
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| The official language of Yemen is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic '''Modern Standard Arabic'''] <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Modern Standard Arabic," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic, accessed 5 May 2023.</ref> <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Yemen," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen#:~:text=official%20language, accessed 5 May 2023.</ref> <br>
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| Most people in Yemen speak [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Arabic '''Yemeni Arabic'''] <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Yemeni Arabic," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Arabic, accessed 5 May 2023.</ref>
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| Other languages spoken are:
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehri_language '''Mehri'''] <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Mehri language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehri_language, accessed 5 May 2023.</ref> - largest South Semitic language spoken in Yemen
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soqotri_language '''Soqotri'''] <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Soqotri language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soqotri_language, accessed 5 May 2023.</ref> - another South Semitic language
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| * '''English''' - most important foreign langugage
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| * '''Russian''' - significant number of people in Yemen
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| ==Word List(s)==
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| * [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/arabic.php#:~:text=useful%20phrases%20in%20Modern%20Standard%20Arabic useful phrases in Modern Standard Arabic] - Omniglot
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| * [http://www.modernstandardarabic.com/arabic-vocabulary/ Modern Standard Arabic vocabulary] - ModernStandardArabic.com
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| ==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
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| '''Alphabet'''
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| * [https://omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm#:~:text=Modern%20Standard%20Arabic Modern Standard Arabic alphabet] - Omniglot
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| * [https://omniglot.com/writing/southarabian.htm#:~:text=Old%20Yemeni%20alphabet Old Yemeni alphabet] - Omniglot
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| '''Pronunciation'''
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| ==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
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| '''Dictionaries'''
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| * Piamenta, M. ''A dictionary of post-classical Yemeni Arabic.'' Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/21596427 WorldCat].
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| * Qafisheh, Hamdi A. ''NTC's Yemeni Arabic-English dictionary.'' Lincolnwood, Ill: NTC, 2000. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1037540809 WorldCat].
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| '''Online Dictionaries'''
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| * [https://glosbe.com/en/ar Dictionary English - Arabic] - Glosbe
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| '''Language Aids'''
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| * Ryding, Karin C. ''A reference grammar of modern standard Arabic.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/61407569 WorldCat].
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| * Alhawary, Mohammad T. ''Modern Standard Arabic grammar : a learner's guide.'' Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/608491855 WorldCat].
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| * Qafisheh, Hamdi A. ''Yemeni Arabic reference grammar.'' Kensington, Md: Dunwoody Press, 1992. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/27149534 WorldCat].
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| ==Additional Resources==
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| * Risha, Sarah. ''Arabic for beginners : a guide to modern standard Arabic.'' Clarendon: Tuttle Publishing, 2021. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1276798710 WorldCat].
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| * Ramadan, Abdulkareem Said. ''Conjunctions and interjections in modern standard Arabic.'' Abingdon: Routledge, 2019. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1089931524 WorldCat].
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| * Huizinga, Marijke. ''Spoken Yemeni Arabic.'' Uitgeverij, Amsterdam: UV Boekhandel, 1984. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/12178145 WorldCat].
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| == References ==
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| ===Somali Language Resources=== | | ===Somali Language Resources=== |
