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Mzab–Wargla languages

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Geographic distribution
  
North Africa

Glottolog
  
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Mzab–Wargla languages

Linguistic classification
  
Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Zenati Mzab–Wargla

The Mzab–Wargla languages or Northern Saharan oasis dialects are a dialect cluster of the Zenati languages (Northern Berber). They are spoken in scattered oases of Algeria and Morocco.

Subclassification

Kossmann (2013)

Marteen Kossmann (2013) listed six "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects:

  • South Oranie and Figuig
  • Gurara
  • Tuwat-Tidikelt
  • Mzab
  • Wargla
  • Wad Righ (Tugurt)
    • Ethnologue (2009)

    In Ethnologue XVI (2009), the "Mzab–Wargla" languages are listed as:

  • Tagargrent (Wargli)
  • Temacine Tamazight (Tugurt)
  • Taznatit ("Zenati": Gurara, Tuwat and South Oran)
  • Tumzabt (Mozabite)

    • Unlike Kossmann, Ethnologue considers the Berber dialect spoken in Tidikelt as a separate branch of the Zenati group, distinct from Tuwat.

    Blench & Dendo (2006)

    Roger Blench and Mallam Dendo (2006) listed eight varieties:

  • Gurara
  • Mzab, Ghardaia (Mozabite)
  • Wargla
  • Tugurt
  • Seghrušen
  • Figuig
  • Senhaja
  • Iznacen

    • However, Senhaja is actually an Atlas language.

    References

    Mzab–Wargla languages Wikipedia
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