Yes Hank, I agree. I might want to add that your points 1.) and 2.) are compatible with 3.)
To me it also sounds very Turkic btw.
Noticeable are the pharyngeal consonants, the Arabic ‘yumkin’ and what I think is ‘haeft’ as an Iranian loanword for ‘seven’ …
Good luck with that one!
It’s either 1.) from Northern Iran 2.) from the Caucasus or 3.) something Turkic. My bet is number 3.
Yes Hank, I agree. I might want to add that your points 1.) and 2.) are compatible with 3.)
To me it also sounds very Turkic btw.
Noticeable are the pharyngeal consonants, the Arabic ‘yumkin’ and what I think is ‘haeft’ as an Iranian loanword for ‘seven’ …
Good luck with that one!
We were on the wrong track, Hank … it’s Semitic!
It’s Socotri (or Suqutri), spoken on the Yemenite island of Socotra (Suqutra).
Emanuel is right, the mystery language is indeed Soqotri (ماتڸ دسقطري), a South Semitic language spoken in the Socotra Archipelago in Yemen.