▁people ▁are ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁Mah ra . ▁So q ot ri : ▁another ▁relatively ▁numerous ▁example , ▁with ▁speak ers ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Soc ot ra ▁isolated ▁from ▁the ▁press ures ▁of ▁Arab ic ▁on ▁the ▁Y em eni ▁main land . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁there ▁were ▁around ▁ 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁speak ers . ▁She h ri : ▁frequently ▁called ▁J ib b ali , ▁" of ▁the ▁Mountains ", ▁with ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁speak ers ; ▁it ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁reb els ▁during ▁the ▁D hof ar ▁Reb ell ion ▁in ▁O man ' s ▁D hof ar ▁Governor ate ▁along ▁the ▁border ▁with ▁Y emen ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁Bath ari : ▁Under ▁ 1 0 0 ▁speak ers ▁in ▁O man . ▁Loc ated ▁on ▁the ▁sout heast ▁coast ▁facing ▁the ▁Kh uri ya ▁M uri ya ▁Islands . ▁Very ▁similar ▁to ▁Me h ri , ▁and ▁some ▁tribes people ▁speak ▁Me h ri ▁instead ▁of ▁Bath ari . ▁H ars us i : ▁ 6 0 0 ▁speak ers ▁in ▁the ▁J idd at ▁al - Har asis ▁of ▁O man . ▁H oby ót : ▁ 1 0 0 ▁speak ers ▁est ., ▁in ▁O man ▁and ▁Y emen . ▁ ▁Gram mar ▁Modern ▁South ▁Arab ian ▁languages ▁are ▁known ▁for ▁their ▁apparent ▁arch a