Shenwa

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Afroasiatic language Berber language Zenati language natural language

Shenwa is a Zenati Berber language spoken by a small community in the Chenoua (Shenwa) region of northern Algeria.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Shenwa community 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Berber language ⓘ
Zenati language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Zenati Berber ⓘ
surface form: Chenoua Berber

other Zenati Berber varieties ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
culturalAssociation Chenoua ethnic identity ⓘ
local oral literature ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
geographicFeature Atlas Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Atlas Mountains foothills
hasAlternativeName Chenoua ⓘ
Chenoui ⓘ
Tacenwit ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith neighboring Zenati Berber varieties ⓘ
hasISOCode NOCODE_Shenwa ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature gender distinction in nouns ⓘ
verb aspect marking ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive gemination ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature verb–subject–object basic word order ⓘ
languageBranch Zenati ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic

Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Berber

Northern Berber ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers small community ⓘ
region Chenoua Massif ⓘ
Mediterranean coast of Algeria ⓘ
spokenBy Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Chenoua people

Shenwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shenwa community
spokenIn Algeria ⓘ
Chenoua region ⓘ
Tipaza Province ⓘ
Kabylie ⓘ
surface form: northern Algeria
status minority language in Algeria ⓘ
subfamilyOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic

Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Berber

Northern Berber ⓘ
Zenati ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Arabic ⓘ
language shift to French ⓘ
usedFor oral communication ⓘ
songs ⓘ
traditional storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

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Shenwa → spokenBy → Shenwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shenwa community