Geographic distribution of Shawiya dialects in northeastern Algeria
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Shawiya, or Shawiya Berber, also spelt Chaouïa (native form: Tacawit[θæʃæwiθ]), is a Zenati Berber language spoken in Algeria by the Shawiya people. The language's primary speech area is the Awras Mountains in Eastern Algeria and the surrounding areas, including parts of Western Tunisia, including Batna, Khenchela, Sétif, Oum El Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tébessa and the northern part of Biskra.
It is closely related to the Shenwa language of Central Algeria.
Shawiya, or Shawiya Berber, also spelt Chaouïa (native form: Tacawit [θæʃæwiθ]), is a Zenati Berber language spoken in Algeria by the Shawiya people....
themselves Išawiyen/Icawiyen (pronounced [iʃawijən]) and speak the Shawiyalanguage. They are the second largest Tell Atlas Amazigh-speaking ethnicity...
Tamazight, Riff, Shawiya and Kabyle. They fall into three groups: Moroccan Atlas languages (incl. Shilha, Central Morocco Tamazight) Zenati languages (incl. Riff...
administrative region of Morocco Shawiya people, a Berber ethnic group of Algeria Shawiyalanguage, a Berber dialect spoken by Shawiyas Chaoui music This disambiguation...
[citation needed] They speak the Shenwa language, a Northern Berber language that is closely related to the Shawiyalanguage and Zenata varieties spoken by Berbers...
languages in Western Europe. Tashlhiyt, Kabyle, Central Atlas Tamazight, Tarifit, and Shawiya are some of the most commonly spoken Berber languages....
province) List of Kings of Numidia Numidian cavalry Numidians Roman Libya Shawiyalanguage Punic and Neo-Punic was especially dominant during the early era of...
(of Algeria; distinct from Matmata Berber of Tunisia) etc. (see article) Shawiya (Chaouia), around Batna and Khenchela, south of Constantine in northeastern...
major Berber languages. Blench (2006) considers Riff to be a dialect cluster, consisting of the following varieties: Riffian Ghomara Shawiya Tidikelt Tuat...
region in Algeria and Europe, some estimates are as high as 8 million. Shawiya (also called Tachawit, Chawi) in the Aurès, maybe 2 million speakers. Shenwa...
Chaoui is the French or Berber spelling of the Shawiyalanguage. The music is sometimes called Shawiya style in English, but also as French Chaoui. It...
rich repertoire that is poetry and old tales passed through generations; Shawiya music, a folklore from diverse areas of the Aurès Mountains. Rahaba music...
also called by their endonym Amazigh (/æməˈzɪɡ/) or Imazighen (Berber languages: ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ, ⵎⵣⵗⵏ, romanized: Imaziɣen; singular: Amaziɣ, ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, ⵎⵣⵗ; Arabic:...
Senhaja de Srair ("Senhaja of Srair") is a Northern Berber language. It is spoken by the Sanhaja Berbers inhabiting the central part of the Moroccan Rif...
Central Atlas Tamazight, Riffian Berber, Shawiya Berber, and Tuareg Berber. The first Bible portions in Shawiya-Berber of Algeria were translated by Charles...
Taclḥiyt, IPA: [tæʃlħijt]), is a Berber language spoken in southwestern Morocco. When referring to the language, anthropologists and historians prefer...
persecution for speaking the Shawiyalanguage, with his play, Jugurta, being banned in 1974. Afterwards, he translated poems in Shawiya. In 1972, Nedjahi began...
Tachelhit, Kabyle, Riffian, Shawiya and Tuareg. In Morocco, it comes second as the most-spoken after Tachelhit. All five languages may be referred to as "Tamazight"...
Tamazight (Tarifit: Tmaziɣt [θmæzɪχt], Arabic: تريفيت) is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Rif region in northern Morocco. It is spoken natively by...
American languages § Seri (language isolate) Shawi: Bible translations into Berber languages § Shawiya-Berber Shan: Bible translations into the languages of...
group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically...
subgrouping within the Northern Berber languages, including Riffian Berber in northeastern Morocco and Shawiya Berber in northeastern Algeria. Before...
Tifinagh (Tuareg Berber language: ⵜⴼⵏⵗ; Neo-Tifinagh: ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ; Berber Latin alphabet: Tifinaɣ; Berber pronunciation: [tifinaɣ]) is a script used to write...
South Oran Berber, or Tachelhit, is a cluster of the Zenati languages, which belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family. It is spoken in a...
dialects actually belong to the Zenati languages and are intermediate dialects between the Riffian and Atlas languages. Among these Zenati dialects, those...