Korandje language

E155575

The Korandje language is a highly endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the oasis town of Tabelbala in southwestern Algeria, notable for its heavy influence from Berber and Arabic.

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Korandje language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Asiatic language
endangered language
language
alternativeName Belbali
Korandjé
Kwarandzyey
approximateNumberOfSpeakers few hundred
under 1000
continent Africa
country Algeria
endangermentStatus highly endangered
severely endangered
geneticClassification Northern Songhay
hasContactWith Arabic
Berber languages
Hassaniya Arabic
Taznatit
hasInfluenceFrom Maghrebi Arabic
surface form: Algerian Arabic

Arabic
Berber languages
Hassaniya Arabic
Taznatit
Zenati Berber
hasMorphosyntacticInfluenceFrom Arabic
Berber languages
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
Berber languages
hasSpeakerCommunity Tabelbala oasis community
hasTypologicalFeature mixed lexicon from Songhay, Berber, and Arabic
strong contact-induced change
isMinorityLanguageIn Algeria
isSpokenBy Korandje people
inhabitants of Tabelbala
isSubjectOf fieldwork by Lameen Souag
languageCodeISO639-3 kcy
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic
lexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic
Berber languages
Hassaniya Arabic
Taznatit
primaryRegion Tabelbala oasis
Tindouf
surface form: Tindouf Province
riskFactor language shift to Arabic
small speaker population
spokenIn Algeria
Tabelbala
southwestern Algeria
subfamily Songhay languages
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Songhay languages hasPart Korandje language