Soqotri
WALS coordinates: 12° 30′ N, 54° E
spoken in Yemen
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Phonology | ||
| Consonant Inventories | Moderately large | |
| Vowel Quality Inventories | Average (5-6) | |
| Consonant-Vowel Ratio | Moderately high | |
| Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives | In both plosives and fricatives | |
| Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems | Missing /p/ | |
| Uvular Consonants | None | |
| Glottalized Consonants | Ejectives and glottalized resonants | |
| Lateral Consonants | /l/, no obstruent laterals | |
| The Velar Nasal | No velar nasal | |
| Front Rounded Vowels | None | |
| Syllable Structure | Complex | |
| Tone | No tones | |
| Absence of Common Consonants | All present | |
| Presence of Uncommon Consonants | Pharyngeals | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Occurrence of Nominal Plurality | All nouns, always obligatory | |
| Complex Sentences | ||
| 'Want' Complement Subjects | Subject is expressed overtly | |
