FYI: Soqotri Arabic Language folktale text in PDF

Author:	Vladimir Agafonov
Linguistic Field(s):	Text/Corpus Linguistics
Subject Language(s):	Soqotri
FYI Body:	Soqotri Modern Standard Arabic Language folktale text in Qalansiya dialect published in California Linguistic Notes, Vol. XXX, No 1 Spring, 2006 California Linguistic Notes just published in its Vol. XXX , No 1 Spring, 2006 a Soqotran folk tale BISMILLA recorded in the dialect of Qalansiya - the second main town of the island of Soqotra (Republic of Yemen). The publica- tion consists of a phonemic transcription (similar to classical D.-H. Mueller transcriptions) of the Soqotri tale text as well as its word for word and free literated translations into English. The file is freely available in PDF format, at http://hss.fullerton.edu/linguistics/cln/ For those interested in unwritten, Afrasian, Semitic, South Arabian languages, traditional folklore, world heritage issues.