Socotra Swahili is an extinct

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...

that was spoken in

Socotra Socotra, locally known as Saqatri, is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. Situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, it lies near major shipping routes. Socotra is the largest of the six islands in the Socotra archipelago as ...

, Yemen. It was reported to be spoken by a fifth of the island (c. 2,000 people) in 1962. cited in

References

Languages of Yemen Swahili language Socotra Languages of the African diaspora {{Yemen-stub