Chaouia of the Aures
Tacawit
Chaouia of the Aures is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Algeria and Tunisia, by about 2.3 million people.
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Shawiya, or Shawiya Berber, also spelt Chaouïa (native form: Tacawit [θæʃæwiθ]), is a Zenati Berber language spoken in Algeria by the Shawiya people. The language's primary speech area is the Awras Mountains and in the surrounding regions in eastern Algeria, including Batna, Khenchela, Sétif, Oum El Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tébessa, Biskra, Guelma, Mila and Constantine.
It is closely related to the Shenwa language of Central Algeria.
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Words in Chaouia of the Aures
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | argaz* | |
| name | ism* | |
| ear | ameTi* | |
| nose | Xefu* | |
| tooth | tiXmest* | |
| tongue | tu* | |
| hand | fus* | |
| bone | iXes* | |
| skin | aglim* | |
| knee | fud* | |
| breast | tabezult* | |
| liver | tsa* | |
| water | aman | |
| fire | fefu* | |
| sun | tafukt* | |
| star | itri* | |
| stone | zrut* | |
| mountain | adrar* | |
| tree | tasZirt* | |
| leaf | taferkit* | |
| night | id* | |
| dog | aXerzul* | |
| fish | aslem* | |
| louse | tiket* | |
| one | yicht | |
| two | sn* | |
| you | kek* | |
| drink | sew* | |
| see | tmuqli* | |
| hear | sel* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · tach1249 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · shy