Sened ( ar, السند ') is a commune and small town in central
Tunisia
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in
Gafsa Governorate, and is also the name of the extinct
Berber language
The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight,, ber, label=Tuareg Tifinagh, ⵜⵎⵣⵗⵜ, ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber commun ...
(
Sened) that was spoken there and at the nearby town of
Tmagourt until the mid-twentieth century. At the 2014 census it had a population of 9,581.
[Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)]
In 1911, the whole town spoke Berber; by 1968, only the elderly did.
References
Communes of Tunisia
Populated places in Gafsa Governorate
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