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 | | Soqotri, which is the language spoken in Socotra, is part of a group of languages known as the Modern South Arabian Languages (MSAL) that includes six different languages, namely Mehri, Harsusi, Bathari, Jibbali, Hobyot, and Soqotri. |
 | | Subsequently, according to Simeone-Senelle, the "historical turning point" for more extensive knowledge of the MSAL including Soqotri was initiated by the missions of the members of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna, under the rubric of the Sudarabische Expedition, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th. |
 | | Given the larger context of this discussion of the language of the Socotrans, perhaps it is worth pondering the fate of the Old South Arabian Languages once they came in contact with Arabic and the spread of Islam. |
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