Taznatit

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A language of Algeria

ISO 639-3
grr
Alternate Names
Sud Oranais-Gourara, Zenatiyya
User Population

11,000 in Algeria (2014 L. Souag).

Location

Adrar, Béchar, El Bayadh, and Naama provinces; Gourara area; Beni Ounif, Boussemghoun, Igli, Ouakda, Taghit.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

Gourara (Gurara), Touat (Tuat, Tuwat), South Oran. Reportedly similar 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

Some young people, all adults.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Taznatit
Other Comments

Muslim.

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