Tugurt language
| Tugurt | |
|---|---|
| Oued Righ Berber | |
| تاشلحيت Tašəlḥit | |
| Native to | Algeria |
| Region | Oued Righ (wilaya of Ouargla) |
Native speakers | 8,400 (2022)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tjo |
| Glottolog | tema1243 |
| ELP | Tahshanit |
 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 1893, 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
- ^ a b Tugurt at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ René Basset, 1893, Etude sur la Zenatia du Mzab, de Ouargla et de l'Oued-Rir', p. 12. Paris: Ernest Leroux.