Soqotri language
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| Soqotri | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Yemen | |
| Region: | Arabian Peninsula | |
| Total speakers: | 67,000 | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Semitic South Semitic South Arabian Soqotri | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | sem | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | sqt | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Soqotri is the native language of the island of Socotra off the southern coast of Yemen. It is a south Semitic language. Since women are forbidden to leave the island, Soqotri speakers are only rarely found in the Yemeni mainland. This makes the language isolated from the rest of Yemen. The Arabic language is also spoken there as well as the Soqotri.
[edit] References
- 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
[edit] External links
- Soqotri language on Ethnologue
- Soqotri Language at Mongabay.Com
- Soqotri Language at al-bab.com
- Soqotri Language at E-Paranoids
- A Bibliographical list on Soqotri language at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh website
