Shenwa Berber

E662348

Shenwa Berber is a Northern Berber language variety spoken by the Chenoua people in northern Algeria, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary within the Zenati subgroup.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Shenwa Berber canonical 4
Atlas Berber 1
Beni Snous Berber 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber language
Northern Berber language
Zenati language
language variety
closelyRelatedTo other Zenati Berber varieties
country People's Democratic Republic of Algeria NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Chenoua Berber NERFINISHED
Chenoua language NERFINISHED
hasDistinctiveFeature distinct phonology
distinct vocabulary
hasLinguisticFeature Berber root-and-pattern morphology
emphatic consonants
gender and number agreement
rich consonant inventory
verb–subject–object basic word order
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic NERFINISHED
influencedBy Arabic NERFINISHED
ISOStatus does not have a widely used separate ISO 639-3 code (often grouped under Zenati or Northern Berber varieties)
isPartOf Maghrebi Berber languages NERFINISHED
languageBranch Berber NERFINISHED
languageFamily Afroasiatic NERFINISHED
partOf Berber branch of the Afroasiatic language family
region Chenoua massif NERFINISHED
Tipaza Province NERFINISHED
spokenBy Chenoua people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Algeria NERFINISHED
northern Algeria NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Northern Berber NERFINISHED
Zenati subgroup
usedBy ethnic Chenoua communities
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chenoua language closelyRelatedTo Shenwa Berber
Beni Snous language alternativeName Shenwa Berber
this entity surface form: Beni Snous Berber
Chenoua Massif languageCommunity Shenwa Berber
Zenati closelyRelatedTo Shenwa Berber
this entity surface form: Atlas Berber
Chenoua region primaryLanguage Shenwa Berber
Mozabite Berber closelyRelatedTo Shenwa Berber