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Al Jabal al Gharbi and Nalut districts: Jabal Nafusah, Nalut, Tripolitania, and Yafran areas, isolated on Zuara Coast west of Tripoli.

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Tunisia

Language NameShilha

User Population

50,000 in Tunisia (2004 S. Chaker).

Location

Madanin governorate: Ajim, Djerba island, Guellala, and Sedouikech; Qabis governorate: Matmata, Tamezret, Taoujjout, and Zraoua; Qibili governorate: Douiret, Chenini, and Tataouine; Tunis city.

Alternate Names

Djerbi, Jabal Nafusi, Nafusi, Tunisian Berber

Dialects

Jbali-Tamezret (Duwinna), Jerba (Djerbi, Guelili).

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Language Use

Only in the home.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. ‘Shilha’ also a cover term for Berber languages in Morocco and Tunisia. Muslim.

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