Proto-MSA

*γry - to speak (Kogan 2015:555)

The origin is unknown.

Mehri
γátri - to speak (ML 142)
Jibbali
γárɔ́ˀ - talk, speech, language (JL 89)
Soqotri
ˁotére or ˁatérɛ - to talk (LS 326-327; CSOL I 498; CSOL II 415)
Soqotri
ˁárho - voice (LS 327; CSOL I 498; CSOL II 415; Naumkin et al. 2015a:61)