Sheliff Basin Berber (original) (raw)
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Berber variety of Algeria
| Sheliff Basin Berber | |
|---|---|
| Sheliff | |
| Native to | Algeria |
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic BerberNorthernZenatiWestern AlgerianSheliff Basin Berber |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Sheliff Basin Berber is a variety of the Berber languages that is spoken in Algeria. It is traditionally taken to be a dialect of Shenwa, one of the Western Algerian Zenati languages. Blench (2006) argues instead that the variety is part of the Riffian dialect cluster.[1]
- Chelif River for which Sheliff is an alternative spelling.