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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,000

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Transmission

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Language Information By Source

Language Endangerment in Northern Africa
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

5,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

Algeria: "Amazigh language(s) are national language(s)."

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Arabic; French;

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

15,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Algeria

Coordinates

30.9587,4.0209

Location description

"Ouargla, Ngouça"

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

"Ouargla, Ngouça"

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara

Coordinates

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Location description

South of Constantine, near Mzab. Ouargla and Ngouça are main centers.

Government support

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Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

South of Constantine, near Mzab. Ouargla and Ngouça are main centers.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Speaker Number Trends

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

31.9166666667, 5.33333333333

Location description

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Government support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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  1. Language Endangerment in Northern Africa
    Brenzinger, Matthias. 2007. "Language Endangerment in Northern Africa." In Language Diversity Endangered, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 123-139. Mouton de Gruyter.
  2. The World Atlas of Language Structures
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    http://www.ethnologue.com/
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    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  5. The gradual death of Berber language communities in Tunisia
    Battenburg, John. 1999. "The Gradual Death of Berber Language Communities in Tunisia." In International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 137: 147-161.
  6. The Wadi Howar diaspora -- linking linguistic diffusion to palaeoclimatological and archaeological findings
    Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. 2007. "The Wadi Howar Diaspora -- Linking Linguistic Diffusion To Palaeoclimatological and Archaeological Findings." In Atlas of Cultural and Environmental Change in Arid Africa, edited by Olaf Bubenzer et al.. 148-150. Cologne: Heinrich-Barth-Institut.