Judeo-Yemeni Arabic (also known as Judeo-Yemeni Yemenite Judeo-Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Yemen. 50000 speakers now live in Israel 1000 remain in Yemen. The language is quite different from mainstream Yemeni Arabic. The language may be split into the subdialects of San`a `Aden Be:da and Habban.
ISO 639-3 code
jye
family
Arabic language, Semitic languages, Central Semitic languages, Arabic languages
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