Soqotri

WALS coordinates: 12° 30′ N, 54° E

spoken in Yemen

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • South Arabian
Routledge:
Other:
  • Socotri
ISO 639-3:

Features

ID Feature Value Area References  
1A Consonant Inventories Moderately large Phonology
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2A Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6) Phonology
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3A Consonant-Vowel Ratio Moderately high Phonology
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4A Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In both plosives and fricatives Phonology
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5A Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems Missing /p/ Phonology
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6A Uvular Consonants None Phonology
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7A Glottalized Consonants Ejectives and glottalized resonants Phonology
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8A Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals Phonology
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9A The Velar Nasal No velar nasal Phonology
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11A Front Rounded Vowels None Phonology
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12A Syllable Structure Complex Phonology
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13A Tone No tones Phonology
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18A Absence of Common Consonants All present Phonology
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19A Presence of Uncommon Consonants Pharyngeals Phonology
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34A Occurrence of Nominal Plurality All nouns, always obligatory Nominal Categories
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124A 'Want' Complement Subjects Subject is expressed overtly Complex Sentences
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