Shehri (Arabic: شحرية), also known as Jibbali ("mountain" language in Omani Arabic), is a Modern South Arabian language; it and the three island varieties of Soqoṭri comprise the eastern branch of Modern South Arabian.

It is spoken by a small native population inhabiting the coastal towns and the mountains and wilderness areas upland from Salalah, located in the Dhofar Governorate in southwestern Oman.

[citation needed] Pressure from Arabic has forced many changes in the language, so much so that young speakers use noticeably different grammar.

[citation needed] Noun unique Modern South Arabian grammar markers.

Unlike Arabic, the dual number marker is not used in nouns, and is instead replaced by a suffix of the numeral 2 itself.

Livestock counting presents a special case that deviates from Arabic, instead using an ancient Bedouin system.