Talk:Soqotri language

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"Since women are forbidden to leave the island no Soqotri speakers are found in the Yemeni mainland." - A total non sequitur. Maybe no Soqotri speakers are _born_ on the mainland, but I met men go there sometimes.

[edit] Soqotri Speakers

The information of Soqotran women have beeng forbidden to leave the island is to be proved - I saw that they leaved (being married to Yemeni mainlanders at least!)The Soqotri langyage bacame a language of a national minority of Soqotrans in the UAE. Of course, for young Soqotrans living abroad it is hard enough to learn their unvritten language, especially when it is out of their daily usage in families. Hoever, some "temethel d-min Saqatri" (Soqotran special short poetry items) are known among them like:

temethel qa'onhen - beshol hayefeten: (or hafeten): yisheyn-sen d-bi-dehan, d-bal-dehan y'ayhof-sen! (or yigarod-sen)!