[oman-l] Number of Jibbali speakers

[Joachim Duester]

The 1993 census did indeed not include a survey 
of languages spoken in Oman. 
Dr. Werner Arnold (now at Erlangen University) puts 
the number of Jibbali speakers at around 30,000 to 
50,000. They form the second largest group amongst 
the Modern South Arabian languages (MSA) after Mehri.
Dr. Werner Arnold's new address is now up on 
http://www.oman.org/experts.htm, and Anda Hofstede's 
PhD project at http://www.oman.org/research.htm

Joachim Duester 
Oman Studies Centre 
http://www.oman.org