ISO 639-3 · sqtsqt
Afroasiatic family
Soqotri
Soqotri is a language of the Modern South Arabian branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Yemen. Wikidata describes it as “South Arabian language spoken by the native population of the Socotra archipelago in the Guardafui Channel, and in Aden and Saana, Yemen”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sqt- Glottocode
soqo1240- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Centre point
- 12.48, 53.80
- Wikipedia
- 34 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Soqotri |
|---|---|
| Also called | Socotri langugage, Soqotri language, socotri |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Soqotri
The branches above Soqotri, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
