AWJILAH: a language of Libya

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: AUJ

ISO 639-2: ber

Population 2,000 (1993). 
Region Cyrenaica, eastern Libya.
Alternate names   AUJILA, AUGILA, AOUDJILA
Classification Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Eastern, Awjila-Sokna.
Comments Most men are bilingual in Libyan Spoken Arabic. Women are monolingual. The language may be extinct. They cultivate small gardens using subsoil water from 6 to 12 meters below the surface. Sunni Muslim.

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