Bathari

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A language of Oman

ISO 639-3
bhm
Alternate Names
Batahari, Bathara
User Population

200 in Oman (2011).

Location

Dhofar governorate: Al Jazeer to Shweymia coastal towns.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, South Arabian
Dialects

Reportedly very similar to Mehri [gdq], some considering it a dialect of Mehri.

Language Use

Shifted to Omani Spoken Arabic [acx].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bathari
Other Comments

Muslim.

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