Official Languages

Official status is a legal designation. It requires a constitution, language act or charter, which this platform has not yet loaded — speaker numbers cannot establish it.

Languages spoken here

Amharic (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · German (secondary) · Gulf Arabic (secondary) · Hindi (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Malay (secondary) · Mehri (secondary) · Russian (secondary) · Russian (Pre-1918) (secondary) · Somali (secondary) · Soqotri (secondary) · Spanish (secondary) · Tigrinya (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Yemen

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Arab, Northern Yemeni	20249000	Arabic, Sanaani	Islam
Arab, Yemeni	8842000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Arab, Hadrami	6221000	Arabic, Hadrami	Islam
Arab, Tihami	3207000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Muhamasheen, Akhdam	1382000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Somali	575000	Somali	Islam
Arab, Sudanese	477000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam
South Asian, general	455000	Hindi	Islam
Arab, Omani	218000	Arabic, Omani	Islam
Deaf	164000	Language unknown	Unknown
Socotran	159000	Soqotri	Islam
Mahra	129000	Mehri	Islam
Razihi	102000	Razihi	Islam
Malay	62000	Malay	Islam
Arab, Iraqi	55000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam
Arab, Palestinian	45000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Persian	31000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Arab, Lebanese general	31000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	22000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam
Arab, Egyptian general	22000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
Tigray, Tigrinya	17000	Tigrigna	Christianity
Amhara, Ethiopian	17000	Amharic	Christianity
Russian	17000	Russian	Christianity
Americans, U.S.	14000	English	Christianity
Spaniard	13000	Spanish	Christianity
German	11000	German, Standard	Christianity
British	6700	English	Christianity
Hobyot	500	Hobyot	Islam

Languages

24 languages recorded here.

Amharic

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Gulf

Arabic, Hadrami

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Mesopotamian

Arabic, Omani

Arabic, Sanaani

Arabic, Sudanese

Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni

English

German, Standard

Hindi

Hobyot

Language unknown

Malay

Mehri

Persian, Iranian

Razihi

Russian

Somali

Soqotri

Spanish

Tigrigna

All catalogue fields

157 fields recorded

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iso3: YEM
iso2: YE
ctry: Yemen
poplpeoples: 42544000
cntpeoples: 28
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poplpeopleslr: 42417000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: arb
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rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
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c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
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regionname: Africa, North and Middle East
workersneeded: 850
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harvest_iso3: YEM
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harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: YE
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harvest_ctryshort: Yemen
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harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 也门
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harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Yémen
harvest_countrynamegerman: Jemen
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Jemen
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Yaman
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Yaman
harvest_countrynameitalian: Yemen
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Yemen
harvest_countrynamekorean: 예멘
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 예멘
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Jemen
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Jemen
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Iêmen
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Iêmen
harvest_countrynamerussian: Йемен
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Йемен
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harvest_worldabc: A
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harvest_population: 41774000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
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harvest_c_10_40window: Y
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harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
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harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
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harvest_pctjudaism: 0
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
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harvest_ctrylongitude: 48.516388
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/yemen/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
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harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ye&joshua=ym
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-yemen
harvest_internetusage: 27
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-yemen/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/yemen/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 203849
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 531869
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 92
harvest_countryphonecode: 967
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=642
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harvest_owpctchristian1993: 0
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 0.05
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .ye
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/yemen
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00