The Hadhrami (, singular) or Hadharem (, plural) are an Arab ethnic group indigenous to the Hadhramaut region in South Arabia in the Eastern part of Yemen. They speak Hadhrami Arabic, an Arabic dialect with heavy influence from the extinct South Semitic Hadramautic language. Among the two million inhabitants of Hadhramaut, there are about 1,300 distinct tribes. History and diaspora The Hadharem have a long seafaring and trading tradition that predates Semitic cultures, the Semitic Hadramites diaspora was historically the Mofarite & Gurage mercantile Semitic pioneers in East Africa, Hadramite influence was later over shadowed by the rise of the temple of the Moon governing Sabaean Semites that saw the concentration of power switch to a governing ruling class. With Governing pressure in the South Semitic regions Hadhrami seamen navigated in large numbers all around the Indian Ocean basin, from the some part around the Horn of Africa, to the Swahili Coast to the Malabar Coast and Hyderabad in South India, Sri Lanka to Maritime Southeast Asia. They were involved in many places as organizers of the Haj. There are Hadharem communities in western Yemen and in the trading ports of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. The money changers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia have usually been of Hadhrami origin. Hadhrami East Africans The Hadhrami have long had a notable presence in the African Horn region (Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia). Descendants of Hadhramis make up a notable part of the Harari population. Hadhrami settlers were instrumental in helping to consolidate the Muslim community in the coastal Benadir province of Somalia, in particular. During the colonial period, disgruntled Hadhrami from the tribal wars additionally settled in various Somali towns. They were also frequently recruited into the armies of the Somali Sultanates. Some Hadhrami communities also reportedly exist in Mozambique, Comoros, and Madagascar. Hadhrami Jews The vast majority of the Hadhrami Jews now live in Israel. Language The Hadhrami speak Hadhrami Arabic, a variety of Arabic, while the diaspora populations that have acculturated mainly speak the local language of the region they live in. Diaspora communities Sri Lankan Moors Arab Indonesian Arab Malaysian Arab Singaporean Chaush, India Sodagar (Gujarati Shaikh) Konkani Muslims of the Konkani division of Maharashtra (partially) Nawayath, of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, India; Barkas, Hyderabad, India Mappila of Kerala, India Hadhrami Jews in Israel and abroad The Surti Sunni Vohra Community in Gujarat that