Ouargli | |
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Twargrit | |
Native to | Algeria |
Region | Ouargla, N'Goussa |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2014) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
oua |
Glottolog |
taga1278 |
ELP | Ouargli |
Berber-speaking areas of the Mzab, Ouargla, and Oued Righ |
Ouargli, or Teggargrent (also Twargrit, Təggəngusit), is a Zenati Berber language. It is spoken in the oases of Ouargla (Wargrən) and N'Goussa (Ingusa) in Algeria.
As of 1987, Ouargli had no more than 10,000 speakers. [2] Ethnologue estimated only 5,000 speakers as of 1995. [3]
There are some differences between the dialects of Ouargla (Təggargrənt) and N'Goussa (Təggəngusit), notably in the position of pronominal clitics; within Ouargla, there are minor differences between the three tribes At-Brahim, At-Sisin and At-Waggin. [4]
Speakers from Ouargla regard the varieties of Ouargla, N'Goussa, Tugurt/Temacine and Tumzabt/Mozabite, and possibly other Zenati varieties, as dialects of a single language they call Twargrit. [5] According to Delheure (1987:355), at Wargrən fəhhəmən d awəḥdi tawsint, "the Ouarglis understand Temacine very well."
The principal grammatical study is Biarnay (1908); [6] a less detailed sketch is provided in Basset (1893). [7] Its lexicon is fairly extensively documented in Delheure's (1987) dictionary. [8] The bilingual texts in Biarnay and Basset are more recently supplemented by the texts on daily life in Delheure (1988) [9] and the folk tale collection in Delheure (1989); [10] the latter, unlike other work on Ouargli, includes texts from N'Goussa as well.
Ouargli | |
---|---|
Twargrit | |
Native to | Algeria |
Region | Ouargla, N'Goussa |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2014) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
oua |
Glottolog |
taga1278 |
ELP | Ouargli |
Berber-speaking areas of the Mzab, Ouargla, and Oued Righ |
Ouargli, or Teggargrent (also Twargrit, Təggəngusit), is a Zenati Berber language. It is spoken in the oases of Ouargla (Wargrən) and N'Goussa (Ingusa) in Algeria.
As of 1987, Ouargli had no more than 10,000 speakers. [2] Ethnologue estimated only 5,000 speakers as of 1995. [3]
There are some differences between the dialects of Ouargla (Təggargrənt) and N'Goussa (Təggəngusit), notably in the position of pronominal clitics; within Ouargla, there are minor differences between the three tribes At-Brahim, At-Sisin and At-Waggin. [4]
Speakers from Ouargla regard the varieties of Ouargla, N'Goussa, Tugurt/Temacine and Tumzabt/Mozabite, and possibly other Zenati varieties, as dialects of a single language they call Twargrit. [5] According to Delheure (1987:355), at Wargrən fəhhəmən d awəḥdi tawsint, "the Ouarglis understand Temacine very well."
The principal grammatical study is Biarnay (1908); [6] a less detailed sketch is provided in Basset (1893). [7] Its lexicon is fairly extensively documented in Delheure's (1987) dictionary. [8] The bilingual texts in Biarnay and Basset are more recently supplemented by the texts on daily life in Delheure (1988) [9] and the folk tale collection in Delheure (1989); [10] the latter, unlike other work on Ouargli, includes texts from N'Goussa as well.