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This book contains a comprehensive grammatical description of Mehri, an unwritten Semitic language spoken in the Dhofar region of Oman, along with a corpus of more than one hundred texts. Topics in phonology, all aspects of morphology, and a variety of syntactic features are covered. The texts, presented with extensive commentary, were collected by the late T.M. Johnstone. Some are published here for the first time, while the rest have been newly edited and translated, based on the original manuscripts. Semitists, linguists, and anyone interested in the folklore of southern Arabia will find much valuable data and analysis in this volume, which is the most detailed grammatical study of a Modern South Arabian language yet published.

Mahri language --- Mahra language --- Mehre language --- Mehri language --- Arabic language --- South Arabic language --- Grammar. --- South Arabian languages

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For the first time after D. H. Müller’s pioneering studies of the 1900s, a large body of folklore texts in Soqotri becomes available to the Semitological scholarship. The language is spoken by circa 100.000 people inhabiting the island Soqotra (Gulf of Aden, Yemen). Soqotri is among the most archaic Semitic languages spoken today, whereas the oral literature of the islanders is a mine of deeply original motifs and plots. Texts appear in transcription, English and Arabic translations, and an Arabic-based native script. Philological annotations deal with grammatical, lexical and literary features, as well as realia. The Glossary accumulates all words attested in the volume. The Plates provide a glimpse into the fascinating landscapes of the island and the traditional lifestyle of its inhabitants.

Folklore --- Sokotri language --- Oral tradition --- Tradition, Oral --- Oral communication --- Oral history --- Soqotri language --- Arabic language --- South Arabic language --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Storytelling --- Saqatri language --- Socotri language --- South Arabian language (Soqotri) --- Suqutri language --- South Arabian languages --- Yemen (Republic) --- Social life and customs. --- Dēmokratia tēs Yemenēs --- Eaman (Republic) --- Éimin (Republic) --- Ėl'-Iemen (Republic) --- Emen (Republic) --- Emenskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Ǧumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah --- Ĭemen (Republic) --- Ĭemenmudin Orn --- Jeemen (Republic) --- Jeemeni Vabariik --- Jemen (Republic) --- Jemeno --- Jumhūrīyah al-Yamanīyah --- Jumhūriyyah al Yamaniyyah --- Pobblaght ny Yeaman --- Poblachd Iemein --- Poblacht Éimin --- Republic of Yemen --- República de Yeme --- República de Yemen --- República del Yemen --- Republiek van Jemen --- Republika Ĭemen --- République du Yémen --- Shádiʼááhjí Ásáí Bikéyah --- Yaman al-Shamālī --- Yaman (Republic) --- Yamanīyah (Republic) --- Yamaniyyah (Republic) --- Yeaman (Republic) --- Yeme (Republic) --- Yemenē (Republic) --- Yemengo Errepublika --- Υεμένη (Republic) --- Δημοκρατία της Υεμένης --- Република Йемен --- Йемен (Republic) --- Йеменмудин Орн --- Емен (Republic) --- Еменская Рэспубліка --- جمهورية اليمنية --- يَمَن (Republic) --- イエメン (Republic) --- 예멘 (Republic) --- Yemen (Arab Republic) --- Yemen (People's Democratic Republic)