Socotra Swahili language

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 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.

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