Harsusi language

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Harsusi
Spoken in: Oman 
Region: Jiddat al-Harasis, Dhofar Province
Total speakers: 1,000 to 2,000 (1998 H. Mutzafi)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
 Semitic
  West Semitic
   South Semitic
    Modern South Arabian
     Harsusi
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: hss

Harsusi (also known as Hersyet, Harsi `Aforit) is a Semitic language closely related to Mehri. It is spoken by 1000 to 2000 Harasis in Jiddat al-Harasis, Dhofar Province, Oman. Reportedly, the Harasis are increasing their use of the more dominant Mehri and are bilingual in Arabic. [1]

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  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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