Talk:South Yemen/Archive 1

Archive 1

Gumhuuriyya - not Jumhuriyya

According to the South Yemeni pronounciation which was "offocial" in the timae of PRSY-PDRY the Arabic word "Republic" - "Jumhuriyyah" in Classic Arabic was prononced "Gumhuriyyah" - like as in Egyptian colloquial Arabic. The Arabic "ج" is "g" in Cairo and Aden, but "j" in Sana'a. MutargimMutargim (talk) 19:03, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Merge request

South Yemen should not be merged with History of Yemen as this article is more of a terminological explanation of South Yemen (semi-DAB) than a history article. Making South Yemen a redirect to the history article will not help the user elucidate what South Yemen is or where to go for the specific entities usually referred to as South Yemen. —  AjaxSmack  03:01, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I tend to agree. South Yemen makes a reasonable Wikipedia article in its own right. - Peyre —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peyre (talk • contribs) 00:05, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

death rate?

"14 births \ 1000 population." Is it normal to describe death rates in terms of births? 82.11.251.232 (talk) 00:39, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Human rights?

Human rights in South Yemen were violated? And what about human rights in Saudi-Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and other pro-western Arab countries? Who cares about human rights there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.196.241.135 (talk) 00:37, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

That's a terrible attitude, definitely not suitable for a Wikipedian. I think it's important for us to find referenc-able sources regarding a lot of items on this page that has citation required. There should also be some information regarding North Yemen as well. It's funny how when one copy information from the CIA World Fact book, there are always huge portions of the article describing the "horrible state of affairs" in Communist countries, such as for South Yemen, but there's almost nothing regarding North Yemen, its counterpart. Children of the dragon (talk) 05:22, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Name, 1967-1979?

According to some indications, such as the text in the bottom of image File:Coat of arms of South Yemen.jpg — which was also reproduced in the book Guide to the Flags of the World by Mauro Talocci (edited and revised by Whitney Smith, 1982 (ISBN 0-688-01141-1) — the name from 1967-1970 was actually جمهورية اليمن الجنوبية الشعبية jumhuriyat al-yaman al-janubiya al-sha`biya "The People's Republic of South Yemen", not "The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen"... AnonMoos (talk) 15:30, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

"Best in the region"

This claim isn't substantiated by the sources (unless it's in the one that has a username/password screen); also, best in the region compared to what? the Middle East? East Africa? Arab countries? These reforms were very similar to the ones made by Nasser or Hafez. Also, I don't understand the citation for "mostly secular' citing a Liberal slam-piece about Saudi Arabia with "prominent individuals" that can't be independently verified doesn't make it "Mostly Secular" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1970:5163:1200:0:0:0:F378 (talk) 01:44, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

the region is the middle east and obviously not east africa Yemeni Historian (talk) 14:20, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

PDRY was Islamic state and it's Islamic state for ever.

Hello there.

I am Taha Alesayi , I am from PDRY. I am Muslim and Islam is my religion.

Our whole nation are Muslims, we have a lot of old Masjids everywhere in PDRY 200-300 years old to make sure that our religion is Islam.

Be sure before you write anything about our country.

peace and love from PDRY.

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen was Islamic state and it's Islamic state for ever. Taha alesayi (talk) 20:12, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

I'm not too sure what you're talking about. Of course, the majority of the inhabitants are Muslim, but in the 1970's and 1980's, the governing ideology was much more Marxist than Islamic. AnonMoos (talk) 21:38, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

how can you be from a country that doesn't exist? also please don't mix up politics with demographics Yemeni Historian (talk) 14:15, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

September 2023

@Natemupi know that "this extremely notable fact belongs in the first graf" but it could have been added in a better way Abo Yemen✉ 13:08, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Such as? natemup (talk) 16:23, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

the first paragraph mentions that it is a "communist state" two times. You could have made it mention it one time and add that it is the only arab communist state. Abo Yemen✉ 16:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)