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Preferred term

zenZenaga  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Zenaga (autonym ) is a Berber language spoken by some 200 people between Mederdra and the Atlantic coast in southwestern Mauritania. The language shares its basic structure with other Berber languages, but specific details are quite different; in fact, it is probably the most divergent surviving Berber language, with a significantly different sound system made even more distant by sound changes such as /l/ > /dj/ and /x/ > /k/, as well as a difficult-to-explain profusion of glottal stops. The name Zenaga comes from that of a much larger ancient Berber tribe (Iznagen), known to medieval Arab geographers as the Senhaja.

Entry terms

  • Zenaga language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • zen

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • zen

ISO 639-3 code

  • zen

Notation

  • zen

In other languages

  • zenaga

    French

  • Zenaga
  • Zenaga

    German

  • zenaga

    Italian

  • Lingua zenaga
  • zenaga

    Portuguese

  • zenaga

    Spanish

  • Idioma zenaga

URI

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

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