Mzab–Wargla languages (original) (raw)

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Mzab–Wargla
Geographicdistribution	North Africa
Linguistic classification	Afro-AsiaticBerberNorthern BerberZenatiMzab–Wargla
Language codes
Glottolog	moza1250
Kossmann's "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects

The Mzab–Wargla 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.

Kossmann (2013)

Maarten Kossmann (2013) listed six "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects:[1]

• South Oranie and Figuig
• Gurara
• Tuwat-Tidikelt
• Mzab
• Wargla
• Wad Righ (Tugurt)

Ethnologue (2009)

In Ethnologue XVI (2009), the "Mzab–Wargla" languages are listed as:

• Tagargrent (Wargli)
• Temacine Tamazight (Tugurt)
• Taznatit ("Zenati": Gurara, Tuwat and South Oran)
• Tumzabt (Mozabite)

Unlike Kossmann, Ethnologue considers the Berber dialect spoken in Tidikelt as a separate branch of the Zenati group, distinct from Tuwat.

Blench

Roger Blench (2006) listed eight varieties:[2]

• Gurara
• Mzab, Ghardaia (Mozabite)
• Wargla
• Tugurt
• Seghrušen
• Figuig
• Senhaja
• Iznacen

However, Senhaja is actually an Atlas language.

• 
  Mzab, Wargla and Wad Righ
• 
  Gourara
• 
  South Oranie and Figuig

1. ^ M. Kossmann, The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber, pp.23-24 (Brill, 2013)
2. ^ Blench, Roger M. (2006) "The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List". Cambridge: Mallam Dendo.