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Tamazight, Temacine

A language of Algeria

ISO 639-3tjo

Population  6,000 (1995).
Region  Temacine, Tamelhat, Ghomra, and Meggarin areas.
Language map  Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara
Alternate names   Touggourt, Tougourt, Tugurt
Dialects  Related to Tumzabt [mzb], Tagargrent [oua], Taznatit [grr]. Possibly a dialect of Tagargrent.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, Mzab-Wargla
Language use  May have shifted to Arabic [arq], but reportedly still spoken in some villages.
Comments  Muslim.