Shihhi Arabic

Shihhi Arabic
Spoken in:	United Arab Emirates, Oman
Total speakers:	27,000
Language family:	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic South Central Semitic Arabic Shihhi Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`–`
ISO 639-3:	`ssh`
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Shihhi Arabic (also known as Shihu, Shihuh, Al-Shihuh) is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Musandam Peninsula of the United Arab Emirates. ^[1]

[edit] Notes

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

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