I heard that 800 years ago 90% of jews spoke Arabic. What caused the proportion of Arabic speaking Jews to drop to around 10% prior to world war 2?
Where did you find the 10% statistic? The Jewish populations of Arabic-speaking countries prior to the foundation of Israel was substantial. I haven't looked at this question directly, but it would be surprising to me if the Mizrahim/Yemeni Jews were only 10% of Jewry.