| Gurara | |
|---|---|
| تازناتيت (Taznatit) /ⵜⴰⵣⵏⴰⵜⵉⵜ | |
| Native to | Algeria |
| Region | Gourara (wilaya ofAdrar) |
Native speakers | 26,000, includingTuwat (2014–2022)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | grr (included) |
| Glottolog | gour1247 |
 Map of theksour of Gourara by spoken language | |
Gurara (Gourara) is aZenatiBerber language spoken in theGourara (Tigurarin) region, an archipelago of oases surrounding the town ofTimimoun in southwesternAlgeria.Ethnologue gives it the generic nameTaznatit ("Zenati"), along withTuwat spoken to its south; however, Blench (2006) classifies Gurara as a dialect ofMzab–Wargla and Tuwat as a dialect of the Riff languages.
Gurara andTuwat are the only Berber languages to changer in certain coda positions to a laryngealħ;[2] in other contexts it dropsr, turning a precedingschwa intoa,[3] and this latter phenomenon exists also in ZenataRif-Berber in the far northern Morocco.
There is inconclusive evidence forSonghay influence on Gurara.[4]
The local tradition ofahellil poetry and music in Gurara, described inMouloud Mammeri'sL'Ahellil du Gourara,[5] has been listed as part of theIntangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity byUNESCO.
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