Socotra_Swahili_language Knowpia

Socotra Swahili
Socotra Swahili
Native to	Yemen
Region	Socotra
Extinct	late 20th century
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Sabaki Swahili Socotra Swahili; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None
Guthrie code	G.411
IETF	sw-u-sd-yesu

Socotra Swahili is an extinct^[1] language that was spoken on Socotra Island in Yemen. It was reported to be spoken by a fifth of the island (c. 2,000 people) in 1962.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b 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.

[Guthrie-1] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[2] 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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