Zenati

E180475

Zenati is a branch of the Northern Berber languages spoken in North Africa, encompassing several closely related dialect groups.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Zenati canonical 5
Zenatic 2
Zenata 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber language branch
Northern Berber language variety
classificationStatus branch of Northern Berber
closelyRelatedTo Shenwa Berber
surface form: Atlas Berber

Kabyle
hasAlternativeName Zenati Berber
Zenati
surface form: Zenatic
hasDialectGroup Beni Iznassen Berber
surface form: Beni Iznassen

Beni Snous
Chenoua
Mzab-Wargla
Riffian Berber
surface form: Riffian

Shawiya
Tunisian Berber varieties
hasFeature complex verbal morphology
emphatic consonants
gender distinction in nouns
masculine and feminine grammatical genders
prefix and suffix marking on verbs
rich consonant inventory
two-way number distinction in nouns (singular vs plural)
verb–subject–object basic order (VSO)
hasLanguageFamily Afroasiatic
hasSubfamily Berbers
surface form: Berber
historicalRegion Aurès Mountains
Rif Mountains
Tell Atlas
ISOStatus not assigned a single ISO 639-3 code (dialects coded separately)
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
head-final tendencies
partOf Afroasiatic languages
region North Africa
surface form: Maghreb
spokenIn Algeria
Libya
Morocco
North Africa
Sahara Desert
surface form: Sahara region

Tunisia
subclassOf Berber languages
Northern Berber
surface form: Northern Berber languages
usedBy Berber ethnic groups in North Africa
writingSystem Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Tifinagh

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shenwa subfamilyOf Zenati
Shenwa languageBranch Zenati
Zenati Berber hasAlternativeName Zenati
this entity surface form: Zenatic
Tasiwit languageBranch Zenati
this entity surface form: Zenati (often classified)
Zenati hasAlternativeName Zenati
this entity surface form: Zenatic
Zenata petty kingdoms in Morocco ethnicGroup Zenati
this entity surface form: Zenata