LINGUIST List 17.2287

Thu Aug 10 2006

FYI: Soqotri Arabic Language folktale text in PDF

Editor for this issue: Hunter Lockwood <hunterlinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Vladimir Agafonov, Soqotri Arabic Language folktale text in PDF

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Message 1: Soqotri Arabic Language folktale text in PDF
Date: 08-Aug-2006
From: Vladimir Agafonov <soqotrapochta.ru>
Subject: Soqotri Arabic Language folktale text in PDF


Soqotri Modern South Arabian Language folktale textin Qalansiya dialect published in California Linguistic Notes,Vol. XXX, No 1 Spring, 2006

California Linguistic Notes just published in itsVol. XXX , No 1 Spring, 2006 a Soqotranfolk tale BISMILLA recorded in the dialect ofQalansiya - the second main town of the islandof Soqotra (Republic of Yemen). The publica-tion consists of a phonemic transcription (similarto classical D.-H. Mueller transcriptions) of theSoqotri tale text as well as its word for wordand free literated translations into English.

The file is freely available in PDF format, athttp://hss.fullerton.edu/linguistics/cln/

For those interested in unwritten, Afrasian, Semitic,South Arabian languages, traditional folklore,world heritage issues.

Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics
Subject Language(s): Soqotri (sqt)