Sanhaja de Srair language

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Not to be confused with Zenaga language.
Sanhaja de Srair
Senhaja de Srair
"Šelha", Tasenhajit, Tamazight
Native toMorocco
RegionRif
Ethnicity
Native speakers
50,000 (2013)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3sjs
Glottologsenh1238
ELPSenhaja de Srair
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Senhaja de Srair ("Senhaja of Srair") is a Northern Berber language. It is spoken by the Sanhaja Berbers inhabiting the southern part of the Moroccan Rif. It is spoken in the Ketama area west of Tarifit in the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region.[3]

Despite its speech area, the Sanhaja language belongs to the Atlas branch of Berber.[2] It has also been influenced by the neighbouring Riffian language.

Dialects[]

Dialects of Senhaja Berber are Beni Ahmed, Beni Bechir, Beni Buensar, Beni Jennus, Beni Mesdui, Beni Seddat, Quetama (Ketama), Sarcat, and Tagsut[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Sanhaja de Srair at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Lameen Souag, 2004: "Senhaja de Srair is not Zenati, but rather Atlas, belonging (despite location) with Middle Atlas Tamazight."
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Senhaja Berber". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-10-12.

Bibliography[]

  • , "La frontera entre el bereber y el árabe en el Rif", Estudios de dialectología norteafricana y andalusí vol. 6, 2002.
  • Esteban Ibañez, Diccionario español-senhayi (dialecto beraber de Senhaya de Srair), 1959.
  • Mena Lafkiou, Atlas linguistique des variétés berbères du Rif (Berber Studies vol.15), 2007.
  • A. Renisio, Études sur les dialectes berbères des Beni Iznassen, du Rif et des Senhaja de Sraïr. Grammaire, textes et lexique. PIHEM, vol. 12. Paris 1932.


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