Mzab–Wargla languages
Mzab–Wargla | |
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Geographic distribution | North Africa |
Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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Glottolog | moza1250 |
Kossmann's "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects |
The Mzab–Wargla languages or Northern Saharan oasis dialects are a dialect cluster of the Zenati languages, within the Northern Berber subbranch. They are spoken in scattered oases of Algeria and Morocco.
Subclassification
- Kossmann (2013)
Maarten Kossmann (2013) listed six "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects:[1]
- South Oranie and Figuig
- Gurara
- Tuwat-Tidikelt
- Mzab
- Wargla
- Wad Righ (Tugurt)
- Ethnologue (2009)
In Ethnologue XVI (2009), the "Mzab–Wargla" languages are listed as:
- Tagargrent (Wargli)
- Temacine Tamazight (Tugurt)
- Taznatit ("Zenati": Gurara, Tuwat and South Oran)
- Tumzabt (Mozabite)
Unlike Kossmann, Ethnologue considers the Berber dialect spoken in Tidikelt as a separate branch of the Zenati group, distinct from Tuwat.
- Blench
Roger Blench (2006) listed eight varieties:[2]
- Gurara
- Mzab, Ghardaia (Mozabite)
- Wargla
- Tugurt
- Seghrušen
- Figuig
- Senhaja
- Iznacen
However, Senhaja is actually an Atlas language.
Linguistic maps
- Mzab, Wargla and Wad Righ
- Gourara
- South Oranie and Figuig
References
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Zenati |
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Non-Zenati |
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Standardised |
- Guanche?
- Old Libyan
- East Numidian
- Fezzan-Tripolitanian
- Mauretanian
- West Numidian
Governmental | |
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NGOs |
Italics indicate extinct languages
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