Shilha
E31598
Shilha is a major Berber (Amazigh) language of southwestern Morocco, spoken primarily by the Shilha people in the Atlas and Anti-Atlas regions.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amazigh language
ⓘ
Berber language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Zenati Berber
ⓘ
surface form:
Shilha Berber
Chenoua ⓘ
surface form:
Tachelhit
Tashelhit ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Central Atlas Tamazight
ⓘ
Riffian Berber ⓘ |
| countryOfficialRecognition | Morocco ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification |
Tashelhit
ⓘ
surface form:
South Moroccan Berber
|
| hasApproximateSpeakers | millions of speakers ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | yes ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | tash1251 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-2Code | ber ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | shi ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
rich consonant inventory
ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO) ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| hasMajorDialect |
Anti-Atlas dialects
ⓘ
Central Atlas Tamazight ⓘ
surface form:
High Atlas dialects
Souss dialect ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
gender distinction in nouns
ⓘ
state alternation (free vs annexed state) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive gemination
ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ |
| hasStatusInMorocco | official Amazigh language (as part of Tamazight) ⓘ |
| isEndangeredStatus | vigorous but under pressure from Arabic ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Berber ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Berber languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Berbers
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazigh people
Shilha people ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Morocco ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
Anti-Atlas
ⓘ
Atlas Mountains ⓘ
surface form:
High Atlas
Souss-Massa ⓘ
surface form:
Souss Valley
Southwestern Morocco ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Morocco
|
| usedByReligion | Islamic religious contexts in local communities ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
education (Amazigh language programs in Morocco)
ⓘ
local media ⓘ music ⓘ oral poetry ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic script
Latin script ⓘ Tifinagh ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.