Soqotri language

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Soqoṭri
ماتڸ دسقطري, mɛ́taḷ di-saḳɔ́ṭri
Pronunciation	[ˈmɛtalˠ disaˈk’ɔtˤri][1]
Native to	Yemen
Region	Socotra
Ethnicity	Soqotri
Native speakers	110,000 (2020)[2]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Modern South Arabian Soqoṭri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sqt
Glottolog	soqo1240
ELP	Soqoṭri

Soqotri (also spelt Socotri, Sokotri, or Suqutri; autonym: ماتڸ دسقطري, mɛ́taḷ di-saḳɔ́ṭri; Arabic: اللغة السقطرية, al-luḡah al-suquṭriyyah) is a South Semitic language spoken by the Soqotri people on the island of Socotra and the two nearby islands of Abd al Kuri and Samhah, in the Socotra archipelago, in the Guardafui Channel. Soqotri is one of six languages that form a group called Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL). These additional languages include Mehri, Shehri, Bathari, Harsusi and Hobyot. All are spoken in different regions of Southern Arabia.