Zaian dialect
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The Zaian dialect is a variety of Central Atlas Tamazight spoken primarily by the Zaian Berber people of central Morocco.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zaian dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Berber language variety
ⓘ
Central Atlas Tamazight dialect ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Maghrebi Amazigh varieties ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ayt Ndhir dialect
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ⓘ
Ayt Seghrouchen dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Zaian Berbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Zaian Berber
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ⓘ
Zaian Tamazight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | tzm ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
gender distinction in nouns ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ state alternation in nouns (free vs construct state) ⓘ verb–subject–object word order (VSO) (variable) ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
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ⓘ
French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
aspect-based verbal system
ⓘ
prefixal and suffixal verb inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between plain and labialized consonants
ⓘ
presence of uvular consonants ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | use of clitic pronouns ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Northern Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Amazigh linguistic continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionAssociated |
Khenifra Province
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ⓘ
Middle Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptUsed |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ Tifinagh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Zaian people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenByMinority | Moroccan population ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | Central Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Central Atlas Tamazight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folklore and storytelling
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ traditional poetry ⓘ |
| usedIn | Zaian tribal areas of the Middle Atlas ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.