Shihhi Arabic

Shihhi Arabic (اللهجة الشحية, also known as Shehhi, Musandam Arabic, or Ruʾūs al-Jibāl Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and Ras al Khaimah emirate of UAE. The Al Shehhi, Al Hebsi, Al Dhuhoori and Al Shemaili tribes speak it.

Consonants

 * Sounds /, / are mainly heard in loan-words.
 * // may be heard as a voiced glottal [] when before voiced consonants.
 * The retroflex // may have four different allophones; as a flap [] when in intervocalic positions, as an alveolar [] when before front vowels, or as an alveolar tap or trill [, ] when in word-medial position following a consonant.

Vowels

 * Short sounds /, / when in unstressed positions are heard as a mid-central [].