"Socotri's origins are close to the oldest written Semitic tongues that died out thousands of years ago" - Maitani

"Socotri is the most archaic and isolated of several archaic and isolated tongues spoken in Yemen and Oman known as "modern South Arabian languages". Its vocabulary is immensely rich - for example, there are distinct verbs for "to go" according to the time of the day, or for "to give birth" depending on the animal involved." - Maitani

"Socotri's roots are close to the oldest written Semitic tongues that died out thousands of years ago - and it has grammatical features that no longer exist in Arabic, Hebrew or Aramaic. The study of Socotri helps understand the deep, prehistoric past - and the subsequent evolution - of all Semitic tongues." - Maitani

For a second there I was like "eeewwww what do you mean 'depending on the animal involved'?!" before I was like "Oh :")" - Eivind