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Sanhaja de Srair language

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Native to
  
Morocco

Native speakers
  
50,000 (2013)

Glottolog
  
senh1238

Region
  
Rif

ISO 639-3
  
sjs

Sanhaja de Srair language

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Atlas Sanhaja de Srair

Senhaja de Srair (Senhaja of Srair) is a Northern Berber language. It is spoken by the Sanhaja Berbers inhabiting the southern part of the Moroccan Rif, in the area known as "Little Sanhaja".

Despite its speech area, the Sanhaja language belongs to the Atlas branch of Berber. It has also been influenced by the neighboring Riffian language.

References

Sanhaja de Srair language Wikipedia