Also Known As:
Soqoṭrī, Soqotri, Saqatri, Sokotri, Suqutri, Socotri
Dialects & Varieties
- Central Soqotri
- Northern Soqotri
- North Central Soqotri
- Northwest Central Soqotri
- `Abd Al-Kuri
- Southern Soqotri
- Western Soqotri
Recent Resources
This Soqotri folk tale was recorded (tape-recorded) by me in 1979 from Fatima Selem Sho`o (ca. 19).
This is the Second and final part (Part 2) of this Socotran folk tale.
An article I published in Yemen's monthly English-language magazine, Yemen Today, in their May 2010
Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50,000?
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 2
Used in some non-official domains along with other languages, and remains the primary language used in the home for many community members.
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Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Khaled Awadh Omer Makhashen. Morphological and Syntactic Aspects of the Soqotri Dialect of Galansiyah. PhD thesis, , 2009. Online: http://eprints.usm.my/15591/1/MORPHOLOGICAL_AND_SYNTACTIC_ASPECTS_OF_THE_SOQOTRI.pdf.
Bibliography of Locations:
Khaled Awadh Omer Makhashen. Morphological and Syntactic Aspects of the Soqotri Dialect of Galansiyah. PhD thesis, , 2009. Online: http://eprints.usm.my/15591/1/MORPHOLOGICAL_AND_SYNTACTIC_ASPECTS_OF_THE_SOQOTRI.pdf.
Bibliography of Context:
Khaled Awadh Omer Makhashen. Morphological and Syntactic Aspects of the Soqotri Dialect of Galansiyah. PhD thesis, , 2009. Online: http://eprints.usm.my/15591/1/MORPHOLOGICAL_AND_SYNTACTIC_ASPECTS_OF_THE_SOQOTRI.pdf.