Ghomara language

E176085

The Ghomara language is a lesser-known Berber language spoken by the Ghomara people in northern Morocco.

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Label Occurrences
Ghomara language canonical 1

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Berber language
natural language
country Morocco
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Ghomara people
hasAlternativeName Zenati Berber
surface form: Ghomara Amazigh

Zenati Berber
surface form: Ghomara Berber

Ghomari
hasBranch Berbers
surface form: Berber
hasLinguisticFeature influenced by Arabic
shares features with Northern Berber varieties
hasPhylum Afroasiatic languages
surface form: Afroasiatic
hasStatus minority language in Morocco
hasSubbranch Northern Berber
hasTypology verb–subject–object word order (tends)
isLesserKnownComparedTo Tamazight
surface form: Tamazight language

Tarifit language
Tashelhit
surface form: Tashelhit language
ISO639-3Code gho
isPrimarilyOral true
isSubjectOf descriptive linguistic studies on Berber dialectology
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
neighboringLanguages Maghrebi Arabic
surface form: Moroccan Arabic

Tarifit language
region Rif region
spokenBy Ghomara people
spokenByApproximateNumberOfPeople several thousand
spokenIn Morocco
northern Morocco
subclassOf Northern Berber language
usedIn oral communication
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Zenati languages hasSubgroup Ghomara language