Mzab–Wargla languages

Mzab–Wargla
Geographic distribution:	North Africa
Linguistic classification:	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Zenati Mzab–Wargla
Glottolog:	`moza1250`^[1]
Kossmann's "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects

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:^[2]

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:^[3]

However, Senhaja is actually an Atlas language.

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mozabite–Wargla". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ M. Kossmann, The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber, pp.23-24 (Brill, 2013)
↑ AA list, Blench & Dendo, ms, 2006

Guanche

Zenati	Eastern Middle Atlas^TA Seghrouchen Warayn Northern Saharan Gurara Mozabite South Oranie and Figuig Tidikelt Tuwat Wad Righ Wargla Riffian Central Riffian Eastern Moroccan Iznasen Snouss Western Riffian Shawiya Tunisian-Zuwara^TE Jerba Matmata Sened^† Tataouine Zuwara Western Algerian Gouraya Shelif Shenwa

Non-Zenati	Atlas languages Central Atlas Gharb^† Ghomara Judeo-Berber Sanhaja de Srayr Shilha Kabyle Central-Eastern Central-Western Eastern Western

Standardized	Moroccan Berber

Institutions

Governmental	IRCAM (Morocco) DNAFLA (Mali) HCA (Algeria) CRB (France)

NGOs	Berber Academy World Amazigh Congress

^TE Transitional to Eastern · ^TA Transitional to Atlas · ^† Extinct · ^R Reconstructed

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