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Shilha (from Colloquial Arabic ''Šəlḥa'') is a term used to refer to a number of
Berber languages The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related but mostly mutually unintelligible languages spoken by Berbers, Berber communities, ...
spoken across northern Africa. In international usage, it most commonly refers to Tashelhiyt (Tašlḥiyt), the language of the Išlḥiyn of southwestern Morocco. Other Berber varieties to which it refers include: * Ghomara *
Central Atlas Tamazight Central Atlas Tamazight or Atlasic (native name: ''Tamazight'' ; ) is a Berber languageCentral Atlas Tamazight may be referred to as either a Berber language or a Berber dialect. As Berber languages have some degree of mutual intelligibility, ...
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Senhaja de Srair language Senhaja de Srair ("Senhaja of Srair") is a Northern Berber language. It is spoken by the Sanhaja Berbers inhabiting the central part of the Moroccan Rif. It is spoken in the Ketama area west of the Tarifit speaking area in eastern Rif. Despit ...
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South Oran Berber South Oran Berber, or Tachelhit, is a cluster of the Zenati languages, which belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family. It is spoken in a number of oases of southwestern Algeria and across the border in Morocco. These areas include ...
(various ksour in southwestern Algeria and southeastern Morocco) *
Oued Righ Berber Tugurt, also known as Oued Righ Berber and Temacine Tamazight, is a Zenati Berber variety spoken in some of the oases of the northeastern Oued Righ region around Touggourt in Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic ...
(around Touggourt){{Cite web , title=Touggourt , url=http://ism1988.maktoobblog.com/1013412/touggourt/ , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717103616/http://ism1988.maktoobblog.com/1013412/touggourt/ , archive-date=2012-07-17 , access-date=2010-09-23 , website=ism1988.maktoobblog.com *
Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
n Berber in general: Djerbi, Matmata (Tamezret), Douiri. It is also used locally to refer to a non-Berber language of the region: Korandje in Tabelbala.


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