Socotra Swahili language
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Socotra Swahili | |
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Native to | Yemen |
Region | Socotra |
Extinct | late 20th century |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
G.411 [1] |
Socotra Swahili is an extinct[1] variety of Swahili spoken on Socotra Island in Yemen. It was reported to be spoken by a fifth of the island (ca. 2,000 people) in 1962.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Freeman-Grenville (1965) The French at Kilwa Island, cited in Ruete & van Donzel (1993) An Arabian Princess Between Two Worlds: Memoirs, Letters Home, Sequels to the Memoirs, p. 172, fn. 48
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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