FWD: “Russian Roots and Yemen’s Socotra Language” – Al Jazeera

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Presenter: Melanie Snail

Delivered: DC on March 15, 2024

In this afikra FWD, Melanie Snail forwards an article by Al Jazeera that explores Socotra, an island off Yemen’s southern coast.

Sources & Future References

• MEI Editor's Blog: More on the South Arabian Language Soqotri

• Soqotri dialectology and the evaluation of the language endangerment

• Endangered Languages Project - Soqoṭri

• Striking photographs show abandoned Cold War sites across the world | CNN

• Sino-Soviet Competition in the Yemens

• Naumkin V, Kogan L, Cherkashin D, Bulakh M & Vizirova E (2014) Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature vol. 1. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 76. Brill.

• Al Rashdi, Fathiya and Mehta, Sandhya Rao (2022) Language and Identity in the Arab World; Taylor & Francis.

• Socotri language overview by LangShack on YouTube

Note: All community presentations are prepared & presented by non-experts on the subject. They are sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in that subject.

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Delivered and prepared by afikra community members, the presentation's goal is to showcase the presenter’s curiosity and research, and share some knowledge on a ‎topic related to the Arab world’s histories and cultures. The presentation is the ‎culmination of the afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, research it, and develop the ‎presentation.

afikra presentations come in three forms: a long question-driven afikra Feature explaining why or how something happened or is happening, a medium-sized afikra Spotlight exploring who someone or what something is, and a short afikra FWD which purpose is to share something interesting.