Shilha language
E610195
The Shilha language is a major Berber (Amazigh) language of southwestern Morocco, spoken primarily by the Shilha people in the High Atlas, Anti-Atlas, and Sous regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shilha language canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Amazigh language ⓘ Berber language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Shilha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tachelhit NERFINISHED ⓘ Tashelhit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Central Atlas Tamazight
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Riffian Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Shilha people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | tash1251 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
regional varieties in Anti-Atlas
ⓘ
regional varieties in High Atlas ⓘ regional varieties in Sous ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
gender distinction masculine–feminine ⓘ pharyngealized consonants ⓘ prefix and suffix conjugation ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ singular and plural number ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEfforts | Amazigh cultural institutions in Morocco ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | shi ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | fusional ⓘ |
| partOf | Maghrebi Amazigh linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| region |
Anti-Atlas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
High Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sous region NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern Morocco ⓘ |
| spokenBy | millions of speakers ⓘ |
| status | major Berber language of Morocco ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
French
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moroccan Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local media ⓘ music ⓘ oral poetry ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Tifinagh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.