by Mira Baz, Yemen Today, Yemen - Socotra is known in Yemen for its rare flora and fauna, particularly the singular Dragon’s Blood and Desert Rose trees. But it’s not only the island’s biodiversity that’s worth preserving. Socotri poetry and language – and thus its culture – are endangered as well. The Socotri language is one of thousands of languages that exist around the world without an alphabet or a written form. They are used purely orally, rendering them vulnerable to extinction when their speakers embrace more culturally dominant languages, cultures and modern developments.