List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Vitaly Naumkin on Soqotra and the Mainland: An Appreciation Kevin McNeer Part 1 Soqotra 1 The First Person Singular Pronominal Suffix in Soqotri Maria Bulakh 2 Clans, Tribes, and State in Soqotra: A Conjunctural Narrative of Polity Formation in an Indigenous Community Serge D. Elie 3 How the Cat Came to Soqora: Marginal Notes on Indian Ocean History George Hatke 4 More on Possession Marking in Soqotri: Evidence from CSOL III and Its Implications for Some Previously Achieved Results Leonid Kogan and Maria Bulakh 5 Vermin ( rées ) and Other Small Creatures of Soqotra Miranda J. Morris and Amad Sad Takí Al-Soóri 6 The Ground Loom on Soqotra: History, Technology, Terminology and Culture Elizaveta Goroshnikova and Ekaterina Vizirova Part 2 Mahra 7 Root Incompatibilities in Mehri Anton Kungl 8 Quand le monde parlait: une orthographe pour le hobyot Ali Manoubi 9 The Crow and the Frankincense Harvester: A Mehri Debate Poem Saeed al-Qumairi, Janet C.E. Watson and Miranda J. Morris 10 Water, Clouds and Wind among the Mahrah Janet C.E. Watson, Jack Wilson, Abdullah al-Mahri, Husayn al-Mahri, Ahmed al-Mahri and Saeed al-Qumairi Part 3 Dhofar 11 A Sung nana Poem from the Island of al-allaniya (Kuria Muria Archipelago) Giuliano Castagna and Suhail al-Amri 12 Quand le préfixe s'enracine: Du verbe 'faire' en jibbali (sudarabique moderne) et de quelques autres verbes fossiles en *s Julien Dufour 13 Language, Identity and Glottonyms among the Jibbali/sert Speakers Fabio Gasparini and Giuliano Castagna Part 4 Modern South Arabian in General 14 The Distribution of Suffixed and Independent Object Pronouns in Modern South Arabian Sabrina Bendjaballah and Aaron Rubin Index.