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| Selected languages: | Socotri |
| UPSID number: | 4354 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic |
| The languages has | 34 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [b] [*t] [*d] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [*tʼ] [kʼ] [*ɬ] [*ɮ] [*s] [*z] [ʃ] [ʒ] [f] [ħ] [ʕ] [*sʼ] [ʃʼ] [*R̰] [*R] [*l̰] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [i] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä] [h] |
| Comments: | Johnstone's account does not make explicit if |
| Sources: | Johnstone, T.M. 1975. The modern South Arabian languages. Leslau, W. 1938. Lexique Socotri. Klincksiek, Paris. |