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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,000

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Algeria

Coordinates

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

8,000-10,000

Domains of Use

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"In 2008, rough estimates based on population figures, would put the number of speakers throughout the region at 8000-10 000. Further investigation is needed."

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Algeria

Coordinates

33.0777, 6.0671

Location description

"Touggourt, Temacine, Meggarine, Ghora, Tamellaht, Blidet Amor, Tébesbest, Tamast"

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"Touggourt, Temacine, Meggarine, Ghora, Tamellaht, Blidet Amor, Tébesbest, Tamast"

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Year of info

2021

Location and Context

Countries

Temacine; Tamellaht; Blidet Amor; Ghomra; Meggarine

Coordinates

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Location description

The Oued Righ region has lost some Amazigh/Berber-speaking villages. Tahshanit/Tarighit is spoken in the villages of Temacine (mainly Tamellaht near the lake), Blidet Amor, Ghomra, and Meggarine. There are marked dialectal differences between the villages. Amazigh/Berber is not spoken in the city of Touggourt itself. (Mattouchi, 2021)

Government support

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The Oued Righ region has lost some Amazigh/Berber-speaking villages. Tahshanit/Tarighit is spoken in the villages of Temacine (mainly Tamellaht near the lake), Blidet Amor, Ghomra, and Meggarine. There are marked dialectal differences between the villages. Amazigh/Berber is not spoken in the city of Touggourt itself. (Mattouchi, 2021)

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Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,000

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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  1. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  2. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  3. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    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