Taznatit

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A language of Algeria

ISO 639-3
grr
Alternate Names
Zenatiyya
Population

58,000 in Algeria (2007 Laval University).

Location

Gourara region; Igli, Taghit, Ouakda (Bechar), Beni Ounif, Boussemghoun. Dying out in Touat region. Also in Morocco.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, Mzab-Wargla
Dialects

Gourara (Gurara), South Oran, Touat (Tuat, Tuwat). Related to Tumzabt [mzb], Tagargrent [oua], and Temacine Tamazight [tjo], but not as similar as they are to each other. Low intelligibility of other Tamazight speech forms, including Tumzabt and Tagargrent.

Language Use

Vigorous.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Taznatit
Other Comments

Muslim.

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