MzabâWargla | |
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Geographic distribution | North Africa |
Linguistic classification |
Afro-Asiatic
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Glottolog | moza1250 |
Kossmann's "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects |
The MzabâWargla languages or Northern Saharan oasis dialects are a dialect cluster of the Zenati languages, within the Northern Berber subbranch. They are spoken in scattered oases of Algeria and Morocco.
Maarten Kossmann (2013) listed six "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects: [1]
In Ethnologue XVI (2009), the "MzabâWargla" 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 (2006) listed eight varieties: [2]
However, Senhaja is actually an Atlas language.