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
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
64,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
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Location and Context
Countries
Yemen; United Arab Emirates;
Location Description
"Yemen: Mainly Soqotra Island; ’Abd al-Kuri island, Samha Island in the Gulf of Aden."
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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 Lebanon's English-language daily, The Daily Star, in the April 13, 2010 is