SENHAJA DE SRAIR: 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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: SJS

ISO 639-2: ber

Region Northern, west of Tarifit.
Alternate names   SANHAJA OF SRAIR
Classification Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, Riff.
Comments Coon (1939) says it was a separate language from Tarifit. The ethnic group now speaks only Moroccan Spoken Arabic. Muslim. Extinct.

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