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| Soqoṭri | |
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| Soqotri: ماتڸ دسقطري, romanized: mɛ́taḷ di-saḳɔ́ṭri [ˈmɛtalˠ disaˈk’ɔtˤri][1] | |
| Geographic distribution | Socotra Archipelago, Yemen |
| Ethnicity | Soqotri |
Native speakers | 110,000 (2020)[2] |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sqt |
| Glottolog | soqo1240 |
| ELP | Soqoṭri |
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 Soqotri is classified as "severely endangered" by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[3] | |
Soqotri (/sḳʌ́ṭri/; Soqotri: ماتڸ دسقطري, romanized: mɛ́taḷ di-saḳɔ́ṭri; Arabic: اللغة السقطرية, romanized: al-luḡah al-suquṭriyyah) is a South Semitic language spoken by the Soqotri people on the island of Socotra and the two nearby islands of Abd al Kuri and Samhah, in the Socotra archipelago, in the Guardafui Channel. Soqotri is one of six languages that form a group called Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL). These additional languages include Mehri, Shehri, Bathari, Harsusi and Hobyot. All are spoken in different regions of Southern Arabia.
- ^ Huehnergard, John; Pat-El, Na'ama (2019-01-01). The Semitic Languages (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis. pp. 282–288. ISBN 9780367731564.
- ^ Soqoṭri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), "Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger" pp. 186–7, 2010.
