Tugurt language

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Tugurt
Oued Righ Berber
تاشلحيت Tašəlḥit
Native toAlgeria
RegionOued Righ (wilaya of Ouargla)
Native speakers
8,400 (2022)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tjo
Glottologtema1243
ELPTahshanit
Berber-speaking areas of the Mzab, Ouargla, and Oued Righ

Tugurt, also known as Oued Righ Berber and Temacine Tamazight, is a Zenati Berber variety spoken in some of the oases of the northeastern Oued Righ region around Touggourt in Algeria. As of 1893Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements from before 1990Category:All articles containing potentially dated statements, its main speech area was in Temacine, Blidet-Amor, Meggarine and Ghomra.[2] It is closely related to the nearby Tumzabt (Mozabite) and Teggargrent (Ouargli) languages.[1]

References

Category:Berber languages Category:Languages of Algeria


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