Mzab–Wargla languages
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.
| Mzab–Wargla | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | North Africa |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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| Glottolog | moza1250[1] |
 Kossmann's "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects | |
Subclassification
- Kossmann (2013)
Maarten Kossmann (2013) listed six "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects:[2]
- 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:[3]
- 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
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Northern Saharan Oasis Berber". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- M. Kossmann, The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber, pp.23-24 (Brill, 2013)
- Blench, Roger M. (2006) "The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List". Cambridge: Mallam Dendo.
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