The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: SQT
ISO 639-2: sem
| Population | 70,000 (1990 census). |
| Region | Mainly in Soqotra Island, hundreds in <Abd al-Kuri island, and about a dozen in Samha Island in the Gulf of Aden. |
| Alternate names | SAQATRI, SOKOTRI, SUQUTRI, SOCOTRI |
| Dialects | <ABD AL-KURI, SOUTHERN SOQOTRI, NORTHERN SOQOTRI, CENTRAL SOQOTRI, WESTERN SOQOTRI. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, South Arabian. |
| Comments | North Soqotri includes North Central and Northwest Central (highland) Soqotri. Mostly monolingual in Soqotri. Women are forbidden to leave the islands, so there are no Soqotri communities on the mainland. Muslim. Bible portions 1902. |
