Tugurt language

Tugurt
Oued Righ Berber
تاشلحيت Tašəlḥit
Native to Algeria
Region Oued Righ (wilaya of Ouargla)
Native speakers
6,000 (1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tjo
Glottolog tema1243[2]

Berber-speaking areas of the Mzab, Ouargla, and Oued Righ

The Tugurt language, also known as Oued Righ Berber and Temacine Tamazight, is a Zenati Berber variety spoken in some of the oases of the northeastern Oued Righ region around Touggourt in Algeria. As of 1893, its main speech area was in Temacine, Blidet-Amor, Meggarine and Ghomra.[3] It is closely related to the nearby Tumzabt (Mozabite) and Teggargrent (Ouargli) languages.

References

  1. Tugurt at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Temacine Tamazight". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. René Basset, 1893, Etude sur la Zenatia du Mzab, de Ouargla et de l'Oued-Rir', p. 12. Paris: Ernest Leroux.


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