GHOMARA: a n extinct language of Morocco

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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: GHO

ISO 639-2: ber

Region North and west of Tamazight, a small region near Chechaouen, western Rif mountains, Oued Laou Valley.
Classification Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, Ghomara.
Comments Coon says Ghomara is intelligible with Tarifit. The ethnic group now speaks only Moroccan Spoken Arabic. Muslim. Extinct.

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