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Kumzari language

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Kumzari
Native toOman, United Arab Emirates
RegionKumzar, Hajar Mountains
EthnicityKumzar, Shihuh[1]
Native speakers
6,000 (2020)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3zum
Glottologkumz1235
ELPKumzari

Kumzari (Persian: کومزاری, Arabic: اللغة كمزارية) is a Southwestern Iranian language that is similar to the Persian, Achomi and Luri languages.[3] Although vulnerable, it survives today with between 4,000 and 5,000 speakers.[4] It is spoken by Kumzaris on the Kumzar coast of Musandam Peninsula (northern Oman) as well as the Shihuh in the United Arab Emirates.[5] Kumzari speakers can also be found in the towns of Dibba and Khasab as well as various villages, and on Larak Island.

Kumzari is the only Iranian language spoken exclusively in the Arabian Peninsula.

  1. ^ THOMAS, BERTRAM; Edmonds, BERTRAM THOMAS. The Kumzari Dialect of the Shihuh Tribe, Arabia, and a Vocabulary.
  2. ^ Kumzari at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran, Part 3, Volume 7. ISBN 9783406093975.
  4. ^ Anonby, Erik J (2013). "Stress-induced Vowel Lengthening and Harmonization in Kumzari". Orientalia Suecana. 61: 54–58. OCLC 1026776205.
  5. ^ THOMAS, BERTRAM; Edmonds, BERTRAM THOMAS. The Kumzari Dialect of the Shihuh Tribe, Arabia, and a Vocabulary.

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