Mehri Texts from Oman

Based on the Field Materials of T.M. Johnstone

by Harry Stroomer

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Extent: 303 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Language & Linguistics

Series: Semitica Viva

Series volume number: 22

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 1999)

ISBN: 9783447042154

9.45 x 6.65 inches

Price: $117.00

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Mehri is a South-Semitic language spoken by some 100.000 people in the far eastern governorate in Yemen and in the mountains of Dhofar in Oman. The Mehri texts in this book represent the Omani dialect. The texts are based on the fieldwork materials of the late Professor T. M. Johnstone (1924-1983), an expert in this field.The author Harry Stroomer (Leiden University, The Netherlands) is a specialist in South-Semitic and Berber languages.

  • By (author) Harry Stroomer