Also Known As:
Awjila, Aujila, Augila, Aoudjila, Awgila, Awdjila
Dialects & Varieties
Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2000-3000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Comments on speakers
"Most female Awilja speakers are said to be still monolingual, while males are bilingual (Arabic)."
Location and Context
Countries
Libya
Location Description
"Awjila is spoken in the Oasis of Awjila from which it derives its name. It is also spoken in Cyrenaica, eastern Libya"
Government Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Arabic
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Males
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
van Putten's collection of Aujila vocabulary based off Umberto Paradisi's 1960 work, Testi berberi d
"Abstract: This article discusses three issues of the historical consonantism of Awjila: First, the
In this article, van Putten accounts for "the vowel developments in Awjila from a comparative Berber