Shilha language

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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.

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Label Occurrences
Shilha language canonical 1

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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

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Tarifit language closelyRelatedTo Shilha language