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Preferred term

shyTachawit  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Shawiya (Shawia), also spelled Chaouïa (autonym θšawiθ or Hašawiθ; standard Berber: Tacawit), also known as Numidian Berber, is the eponymous Zenati-Berber spoken by the Shawia (Chaoui) people of eastern Algeria around Batna, Khenchela, Sétif, Oum El Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tébessa and the north part of Biskra. It has over two million speakers.

Entry terms

  • Shawiya language

ISO 639-3 code

  • shy

Notation

  • shy

In other languages

  • Chaoui

    French

  • Lingua tashawit

    Italian

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/shy

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