Soqotri language

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Soqotri
Spoken in:	Yemen
Total speakers:	64,000
Language family:	Afro-Asiatic  Semitic   West Semitic    South Semitic     Modern South Arabian      Soqotri
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	–
ISO 639-3:	sqt
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Soqotri is the native language of the island of Socotra off the southern coast of Yemen. It is a South Semitic language. Soqotri speakers are only rarely found in the Yemeni mainland. This makes the language isolated from the rest of Yemen. Arabic is also spoken on Socotra. ^[1]

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[edit] References

• Ethnologue entry for Soqotri
• Wolf Leslau, Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques. Paris: Klincksieck 1938
• D.H. Müller, Die Mehri - und Soqotri - Sprache. Volume I: Texte. Südarabische Expedition, Band IV. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Wien: Alfred Hölder 1902
• D.H. Müller, Die Mehri - und Soqotri - Sprache. Volume II: Soqotri Texte. Südarabische Expedition, Band VI. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Wien: Alfred Hölder 1905
• D.H. Müller, Die Mehri - und Soqotri - Sprache. Volume II: Shauri Texte. Südarabische Expedition, Band VII. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Wien: Alfred Hölder 1907
• RBGE Soqotra Bibliography: at RBGE and Friends of Soqotra Org. websites.
• Soqotri spoken with Latin transcription - MP3
• [1] and [2] Soqotri folk tale text publication in CLN.

[edit] External links

• Soqotri Language at al-bab.com
• Soqotri Language at E-Paranoids
• A Bibliography with a list on Soqotri language at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh website
• The RBGE upgraded Soqotra Bibliography up to 2007 with more language references

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