Mzab-Wargla
Mozabite language ( tifinagh ⵜⵓⵎⵣⴰⴱⵜ ) is one of the mainly in Algeria and parts of Morocco living mozabite people spoken Berber language . She has especially in the M'zab - havens around the city Ghardaia about 70,000 speakers.
According to Roger Blench, there are eight dialects: Gurara, Mzab Ghardaia (Mozabite), Wargla, Tugurt, Seghrušen, Figuig, Senhaja and Iznacen. In its XVI edition (2009), Ethnologue mentions the dialects Taznatit, Tumzabt, Tagargrent and Temacine-Tamazight. Tumzabt alone, the largest subgroup, has around 150,000 speakers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blench, Roger M. (2006): The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List . Cambridge: Mallam Dendo. PDF
- ^ Mzab-Wargla , on ethnologue.com
- ↑ Tumzabt at ethnologue.com