Glottolog moza1250 | ||
Linguistic classification Afro-AsiaticBerberNorthern BerberZenatiMzab–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
Marteen Kossmann (2013) listed six "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects:
In Ethnologue XVI (2009), the "Mzab–Wargla" languages are listed as:
Unlike Kossmann, Ethnologue considers the Berber dialect spoken in Tidikelt as a separate branch of the Zenati group, distinct from Tuwat.
Roger Blench and Mallam Dendo (2006) listed eight varieties:
However, Senhaja is actually an Atlas language.
References
Mzab–Wargla languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA