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Bathari language

Yaeli Flam

Social Work major/Arabic minor '19

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Bathari is spoken in Dhofar in Southern Oman on the coast. It is considered one of the Modern South Arabian languages that is closer to Ethiopian languages than it is to Arabic. Bathari is said to be spoken by 12-300 people (each source says something different) and is an endangered language.

The article will talk more about who speaks Bathari and more about the history of the Batahira people in relation to the language. Why and how it is going extinct and its relation to Omani Arabic, the dominant language will also be included. Other additions include the dispute over the number of speakers, whether it is a dialect or a language, and particular things that stand out about Bathari as opposed to the other MSA languages.

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