Harasis
{{Short description|Hinawi bedouin tribe of Oman}}
Harasis is the Hinawi Bedouin tribe of Oman. They arrived in the Jiddat al-Harasis desert of Dhofar Governorate in the late 19th century.{{sfn|Maisel|Shoup|2009|p=193}} Harasis people (about 1000-2000 people) in the Jiddat al-Harasis are reported to be of different identity compared to the Bedu nomads. They speak the Ḥarsusi language; though they are reported to be increasing their use of the Mehri language, which is more dominant in the area, and are bilingual in Arabic.Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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! colspan="2" |Harasis |
| colspan="2" |Regions with significant populations |
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| colspan="2" |🇴🇲 Oman |
| colspan="2" |Language |
| colspan="2" |Arabic, Harsusi, Mehri |
| colspan="2" |Religion |
| colspan="2" |Islam |
| colspan="2" |Related ethnic groups |
| colspan="2" |Ghafiri, Bedouins, Hinawi, Mehri |
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- {{cite book|last1=Maisel|first1=Sebastian|last2=Shoup|first2=John A.|title=Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Arab States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uhJu2_8vMkMC&pg=PA193|date=February 2009|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-34442-8}}
{{Demographics of Oman}}