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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: TZM
ISO 639-2: ber
| Population | 3,000,000 in Morocco (1998). Population total all countries 3,500,000. |
| Region | Middle Atlas, High Atlas, eastern High Atlas Mountains. 1,200,000 in rural areas between Taza, Khemisset, Azilal, Errachidia; 100,000 outside the language area. Also spoken in Algeria, France. |
| Alternate names | CENTRAL SHILHA, MIDDLE ATLAS BERBER, SHILHA |
| Dialects | CENTRAL ATLAS, SOUTH ORAN. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Atlas. |
| Comments | 40% monolingual. Others use Arabic as second language. 65% live in rural areas, 10% live outside the traditional area. VSO (for Berber). Literacy rate in second language: Men 25%, women 5%. Bible portions 1919-1981. |
| Algeria |
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