Western Algerian Berber
Western Algerian Berber is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Algeria. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Shenwa, also spelt Chenoua (native name: Haqbaylit̠), is a Zenati Berber language spoken on Mount Chenoua (Jebel Chenoua) in Algeria, just west of Algiers, and in the provinces of Tipaza (including the town of Cherchell) and Chlef. The speech of Jebel Chenoua proper is mutually comprehensible with that of the nearby Beni Menacer and Beni Haoua, and they are thus treated as a single language. There are some 76,000 speakers.
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Words in Western Algerian Berber
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ula8ijen* | |
| name | liSem* | |
| eye | 8et* | |
| ear | 8imjet* | |
| nose | 8inze8* | |
| tooth | tigmest* | |
| tongue | iles* | |
| hand | fus* | |
| blood | i8ammen* | |
| bone | ixes* | |
| skin | ilem* | |
| knee | fud* | |
| breast | a8mer* | |
| liver | Ca* | |
| water | aman* | |
| fire | 8imsi* | |
| sun | 8fui8* | |
| star | i8ri* | |
| stone | 8auqi8* | |
| mountain | a8rar* | |
| tree | sejjer8* | |
| leaf | luerq* | |
| night | insu* | |
| dog | ai8i* | |
| fish | aslem* | |
| louse | 8issi8* | |
| one | ijen* | |
| two | 8nayen* | |
| I | nec* | |
| you | sekk* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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